Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again This Afternoon (Monday, May 6, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Monday, May 6, 2024, at 4:45 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki had only erupted once.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the visual eruption was not observed. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 37 millimeters and a duration of 182 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level II (Alert). Observations of seismic activity on May 6, 2024, from 00:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 4 eruption quakes with amplitudes of 14.8-47.3 millimeters and durations of 140-384 seconds.

Furthermore, there was 1 puffing quake with an amplitude of 3.7 millimeters and a duration of 19 seconds, and 1 harmonic tremor with an amplitude of 29.6 millimeters and a duration of 23 seconds.

PVMBG advises the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to conduct any activities within a 2-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, and a sectoral 3-kilometer radius in the Northeast direction and a 5-kilometer radius in the East Northeast sector.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 637 volcanic eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java had the most eruptions (214 times), while Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted 90 times.