PVMBG: Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again, Four Eruptions Recorded Today

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Tuesday (16/1/2024) at 8:58 PM WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 6 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the ash column height was observed to be approximately 600 meters above the peak (2,184 meters above sea level).

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with thick intensity towards the north and northeast. The eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki was still ongoing at the time of this report.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level IV (Alert). Seismic observations on January 16, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM WITA showed 20 eruption quakes with an amplitude of 47.3 millimeters and a duration of 26-108 seconds.

Then, there were 3 pyroclastic flow quakes with an amplitude of 47.3 mm and a duration of 129-153 seconds, and 24 rockfall quakes with an amplitude of 14.8-47.3 mm and a duration of 38-213 seconds.

PVMBG urges the public around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 4-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and a sectoral 5-kilometer radius to the Northwest-North and Northeast.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 66 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara has had the most eruptions with 29 eruptions.