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Report on Lewotobi (Indonesia) — 28 August-3 September 2024


Lewotobi

Smithsonian Institution / US Geological Survey
Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 28 August-3 September 2024
Managing Editor: Sally Sennert.

Please cite this report as:

Global Volcanism Program, 2024. Report on Lewotobi (Indonesia) (Sennert, S, ed.). Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 28 August-3 September 2024. Smithsonian Institution and US Geological Survey.

Weekly Report (28 August-3 September 2024)

Lewotobi

Indonesia

8.542°S, 122.775°E; summit elev. 1703 m

All times are local (unless otherwise noted)


PVMBG reported that eruptive activity at Lewotobi’s Laki-laki volcano continued during 28 August-3 September. Daily gray or white-and-gray ash plumes that were sometimes dense rose as high as 1 km above the summit and drifted mainly SW, W, and NW; plumes drifted N and NE on 31 August. 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.

Geological Summary. The Lewotobi edifice in eastern Flores Island is composed of the two adjacent Lewotobi Laki-laki and Lewotobi Perempuan stratovolcanoes (the "husband and wife"). Their summits are less than 2 km apart along a NW-SE line. The conical Laki-laki to the NW has been frequently active during the 19th and 20th centuries, while the taller and broader Perempuan has had observed eruptions in 1921 and 1935. Small lava domes have grown during the 20th century in both of the summit craters, which are open to the north. A prominent cone, Iliwokar, occurs on the E flank of Perampuan.

Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)