Identification Of Mount Lewotobi Peak Land Movement, ESDM Geology Will Monitor Using Drones

Mount Lewotobi Male took out volcanic material when it appeared from Lewolaga Village in TiteTENa, East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Friday (8/11/2024). BETWEEN PHOTOs/Aditya Pradana Putra/nym.

JAKARTA - The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) identified the potential for ground movement at the top of Mount Lewotobi Boy due to the eruption.

"The potential for ground movement is around the top of the mountain," said Head of the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Muhammad Wafid when met in Jakarta, Friday, November 8, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the movement of the soil has the potential to occur because the remains of volcanic material ejected during the mountain experiencing an eruption will pile up and settle around the peak.

Although further observations are needed, his party estimates that the number of piles of materials can reach hundreds of thousands of cubic meters accumulated from previous eruption deposits.

Later it will be monitored using drones when conditions on the ground allow. Not now because the eruption is still ongoing, he said, adding that the soil layer at the top of Mount Lewotobi Laki, such as the type of land andosol which is classified as loose, also increases the potential for ground movement to occur.

According to him, the eruptive materials, which are expected to continue to be accumulated in the future, are very vulnerable to collapse down, especially if it rains with a fairly heavy intensity, it will hit everything it crosses.

Therefore, the government is taking quick steps to evacuate the entire community who live around the foot of Mount Lewotobi Laki, especially at a radius of 7-8 kilometers to a safer place.

"This is another potential danger that needs to be anticipated, in addition to the dangers of its own eruption which we identify is explosive and is beyond its normal (overscale) standard," he said.