Mount Lewotobi Men Eruption For 10 Minutes Saturday Afternoon

Mount Lewotobi Men Eruption (Between)

JAKARTA - Mount Lewotobi Male in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, erupted again, with an ash column height of approximately 900 meters above the peak of the active volcano on Saturday afternoon.

In a report by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources received in Jakarta Saturday, he said that during approximately 10 minutes 14 seconds of duration, the observable post seismograph of Mount Lewotobi Male recorded an eruption with a maximum amplitude of 47.3 mm.

The eruption, which occurred at 14:21 WITA, created a gray volcanic ash cloud with thick intensity leaning towards the southwest and west. Until now, Mount Lewotobi Male is still on standby or level III.

The public is advised not to carry out any activities within a radius of three kilometers from the eruption center, as well as sectoral four kilometers in the northwest north and south-southeast of the eruption center.

Mount Lewotobi, which has a height of 1,584 meters above sea level, is a twin volcano located in the southeast of Flores Island.

The mountain consists of two peaks, namely Mount Lewotobi Male and Mount Lewotobi Perempuan. PVMBG monitors visually and instrumentally the mountain from the observation post located in Pululera Village, Wulanggitang District, East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.