PVMBG: Men's Lewotobi Mountain Activities Are Still High

Erupsi Gunung Lewotobi Laki-Laki. ANTARA/Ho-PVMBG

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) reported that based on the results of the evaluation over the past week on June 22-30, 2024, it showed that the volcanic activity of Mount Lewotobi Laki in East Flores Regency was still high. "This is characterized by an eruption that occurs with an intensity of four to six every day with an eruption column height of an average of 100-1000 meters from the top of the mountain," said PVMBG Head Hendra Gunawan in a report received in Kupang, Antara, Wednesday, July 3. Several lava avalanches were recorded during that period. However, continued Hendra, visually no lava movement was observed in the Northeast, so the possibility of the avalanche still occurred around the peak of the volcano. The report also states that piles of lava material in the Northeast still have a slow movement, and from the visual centinel 2 on June 26, 2024, it shows that lava flows in the Northeast tend to be stable and there is no significant movement. In addition, he added, data from visual drones showed changes in the center of eruption activity to the fracture in the Northwest part of the main crater of Mount Lewotobi Laki, which several times erupted from the crater. Low-frequency earthquakes recorded during this period indicated that magma material from within experienced a shift towards the surface and an increase in avalanches from the previous period. “However, earthquakes in this period were recorded to be still high as seen from the number of eruptions and shallow volcanic earthquakes that were still relatively the same as in the previous period, Hendra added. He added that deep volcanic earthquakes that were still volatile also indicated that there was still supply from within, so there was still a possibility of an eruption going forward. Therefore, based on the analysis and evaluation as a whole from visual and instrumental monitoring, it shows that visual activity and seismicity on Mount Lewotobi Male is still high. " “ Currently it's still at level III or Alert," he added.

Therefore, his party issued a recommendation so that the people around the mountain, visitors or tourists do not carry out any activities at a radius of three kilometers from the center of the mountain and sector four in the north and sea Timor as well as five kilometers in the Timor Laut sector.