Warning! Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted again in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, January 18, 2024)

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara erupted again on Thursday (18/1/2024) at 04:48 WITA. In the last week, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has erupted 14 times.

Based on eruption information from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) via the MAGMA Indonesia application, the height of the ash column was observed to reach 500 meters above the peak or 2,084 meters above sea level.

The ash column was observed to be white to gray with moderate intensity towards the north. The eruption was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 37 millimeters and a duration of 85 seconds.

According to the MAGMA Indonesia volcano activity report, the activity level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki is at Level IV (Alert). Observations of seismicity on January 18, 2024, from 18:00 to 23:59 WITA showed 2 pyroclastic flow earthquakes with amplitudes of 37-47.3 mm and durations of 118-138 seconds.

Then, there were 11 rockfall earthquakes with amplitudes of 10.5-37 mm and durations of 26-191 seconds, and 72 low-frequency earthquakes with amplitudes of 8.8-47.3 millimeters and durations of 20-64 seconds.

PVMBG advises people around Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and visitors/tourists not to carry out any activities within a 5-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki and a sectoral 6-kilometer radius to the north and northeast.

During 2024, MAGMA Indonesia has recorded 78 volcanic eruptions/eruptions throughout Indonesia. Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara has had the most eruptions with 37 eruptions.