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BUKITTINGGI, WEST SUMATRA - Mount Marapi, which is located in the Tanahdatar and Agam districts in the West Sumatra Province, erupted again on Wednesday morning.
"The eruption occurred at 09:01 a.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The volcano produced thick gray smoke, which reached a height of up to 350 meters from the top towards the eastern direction," Warseno from the Bukittinggi Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Agency, revealed.
The status of Mount Marapi has been declared now and its volcanic alert level has been marked at the second level. Local villagers have been told to stay away from within a radius of three kilometers from the volcanos crater.
Mount Marapis volcanic activities have intensified since August 3, 2011. It had earlier spewed volcanic ash to a height of up to 1,000 meters, affecting several districts, such as Agam, Tanah Datar, Padangpariaman and Padang Panjang.
Mount Marapi is situated next to Mount Singgalang and Mount Tandikek. The Mount Marapi area was declared a nature reserve and a tourist attraction in West Sumatra. It is one of the very active volcanoes and has erupted multiple times.
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