Most Recently, Mount Ili Lewotolok Returns Volcanic Dust

Ili Lewotolok Volcano in Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Ili Lewotolok volcano in Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara spewed volcanic ash again after erupting at 11.27 WITA local time.

"The light rain of sand arrived at the Ili Lewotolok volcano observation post," said Ili Lewotolok Volcano Observation Post Head Stanis Ara Kian at Ili Lewotolok Volcano Observation Post, reported by Antara, Thursday, December 3.

The volcanic dust rain, he said, occurred after at 11:27 a.m. local time the mountain erupted again, but the height of the ash column was not observed. The eruption, he said, was recorded on a seismograph with a maximum amplitude of 5 milli meters and a duration of approximately 18 seconds.

Based on the observation, the volcanic dust was seen on the bumper and glass from vehicles passing at the location with a radius of six kilometers from Mount Ili Lewotolok.

Currently Mount Ili Lewotolok is in Alert III status and the eruption is still occurring, but the level of the eruption according to reports from the observation post is not like some time ago on November 29.

However, even so, the people around Mount Ili Lewotolok and visitors or climbers and tourists are advised not to be or not to climb.

The community is also prohibited from doing activities in the hazard zone in the crater area of Mount Ili Lewotolok and in all areas within a radius of four kilometers from the top of the mountain.