Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Lewotobi
in Indonesia

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Lewotobi Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000099
Name: Lewotobi (264180)
Lat/Lon: -8.54 , 122.78
Event Date: 14 Oct 2024 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 84000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 740000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 3
Population Exposure Index PEI: 4
Inserted at: 15 Oct 2024 06:00 UTC

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Indonesia - Volcanic eruption (ECHO 16 Oct 2024)Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:03

  • Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, located in East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara province is increasing its activity. On 12 October, two major explosions were reported and the ash column reached 1 km above the summit of the crater. The activity is still ongoing.
  • Following this volcanic events, the ash fall reached the two sub-districts in East Flores regency and one sub-district in Sikka regency.
  • The alert level of the volcano is at level 3 (standby), all activities within a radius of 3 km from the crater and sectorally 4 km in the north-northeast direction and 5 km in the northeast sector are forbidden. 
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Lewotobi report has been published on 02 Oct 2024 08:32.
Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) reported that eruptive activity at Lewotobi?s Laki-laki volcano continued during 25 September-1 October from a vent on the upper NW flank. Daily gray or white-and-gray ash plumes that were sometimes dense rose as high as 1.2 km above the summit and drifted SW, W, NW, and N. The Alert Level remained at 3 (the second highest level on a scale of 1-4) and the public was warned to stay outside of the exclusion zone, defined as a 3 km radius around both Laki-laki and Perempuan craters, 4 km to the NNW and SSE of Laki-laki. Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JSR (1),