Mount Lewotobi Male Eruption Tonight, Lontarkan Abu As High As 1,200 Meters

Mount Lewotobi Men in East Flores Regency, NTT erupted on Monday (17/3). (ANTARA/HO-PVMBG.)

JAKARTA - The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) recorded the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki in East Flores (Flotim), East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), with a height of ash ponds reaching approximately 1,200 meters.

"There was an eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki, on March 17, 2025 at 20.47 WITA with a column height of ash observed at approximately 1,200 above the peak or approximately 2,784 meters above sea level," said the officer of the Mount Lewotobi Monitoring Post, Male Emanuel Rofinus Bere, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, March 17.

In the eruption, the height of the ash column was observed to be gray with thick intensity leaning towards the north and northeastern.

The eruption was recorded on a seismogram with a maximum amplitude of 10.5 millimeters (mm) and a duration of approximately one minute 50 seconds.

Previously, Mount Lewotobi Male who was 1.584 meters high above sea level on Monday (17/3), the observation period was 06.00 WITA until 12.00 WITA experienced two eruptions.

The two eruptions were recorded on a seismogram with an amplitude of 10.5-22.2 mm and a duration of less than 65-287 seconds.

Currently, the status of Mount Lewotobi Men is still at level III or Alert.

Therefore, his party issued a recommendation by urging the community around Mount Lewotobi Men and visitors or tourists not to carry out any activities within a five-kilometer radius of the eruption center of Mount Lewotobi Male and sectoral Southwest - North - Northeast as far as six km.

The public is also advised to be calm and follow the direction of local governments and not to believe in issues whose sources are unclear.

The community around Mount Lewotobi Male is also asked to be aware of the potential for rain lava flooding in rivers that originate at the top of Mount Lewotobi Men in the event of high-intensity rain, especially the Dulipali, Padang Pasir, Nobo, Klatanlo, Hokengjaya, Boru, Nawakote areas.

"People affected by the ash rain of Mount Lewotobi Men wear masks or nose coverings to avoid the danger of volcanic ash in the respiratory system," he said.