Volcano in Indonesia

Lewotolok volcano: eruption status today

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Lewotolok is active now: NASA lists an open volcanic activity event (latest report Feb 19, 2025) 8 satellite hot spots within 10 km. 0 earthquakes within 50 km in the past 7 days.

Live status of Lewotolok: whether it is erupting now, satellite hot spots, earthquakes around it, and what an eruption would mean for nearby cities and flights.

Status now
Active (NASA EONET) latest report Feb 19, 2025
Last eruption
1900–1963
Elevation
1,431 m 4,695 ft
Type
Stratovolcano
Earthquakes within 50 km
0 past 30 days (USGS)
Hot spots within 10 km
8 latest NASA FIRMS VIIRS data
Nearest city
Kupang 211 km S

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Is Lewotolok erupting right now?

NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) has an open volcanic event for Lewotolok, last updated Feb 19, 2025 (614 days ago). EONET opens an event when agencies such as the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program report eruptive activity or unrest, and closes it when activity ends.

NASA FIRMS shows 8 thermal hot spots within 10 km of the summit in the latest VIIRS satellite passes (strongest 13.2 MW fire radiative power). Hot spots on a volcano can be lava, a glowing vent or ordinary vegetation fires; satellites cannot tell them apart on their own.

Earthquakes near Lewotolok

USGS has no earthquake within 50 km of Lewotolok in the past 30 days. Outside the United States USGS mainly lists quakes above about M4, so small volcanic tremors recorded by the local observatory will not appear here.

About Lewotolok

Lewotolok is a stratovolcano in Lesser Sunda Is, Indonesia, rising to 1,431 m (4,695 ft). NOAA NCEI classes its eruptive history as "Historical".

Stratovolcanoes are steep cones built from alternating lava and ash layers; their eruptions are often explosive, with ash columns that can reach cruising altitude.

The nearest large town is Kupang, about 211 km S of the summit; 1 other city lie within 250 km.

  • Kupang (211 km)
  • Dili (229 km)

Flights and volcanic ash

No major hub airport is within 400 km (the closest is Soekarno–Hatta, 1874 km away), but ash clouds from explosive eruptions can drift for thousands of kilometres along flight routes.

Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAACs) issue the official ash advisories that airlines and air traffic control follow.

Other volcanoes in Indonesia

Indonesia has 66 volcanoes on this site that erupted since 1900 or are active now, 6 of them with an open NASA activity report today. The closest other one is Iliboleng, 29 km away.

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Data: NOAA NCEI Volcano Locations, NASA EONET (open volcano events), USGS earthquakes, NASA FIRMS (VIIRS hot spots), Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program.