Bukittinggi, W Sumatra - Mount Marapi in West Sumatra at 9.15 am on Friday spewed volcanic ash into the air that eventually drifted over a distance of one kilometer in nothern direction, a meteorology official said. The blackish volcanic ash rose to a height of about 500 meters from the mountain's peak, Suparno, an officer of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), said here on Friday, adding the ash-spewing activity lasted about 15 minutes. Mount Marapi is 2,891 meters high and located in the Koto Baru region, X Koto sub-district, Tanah Datar district, West Sumatra. "We are recommending to keep the volcano's status at level II alert," he said. Between the 18th century and 2008, Mt Marapi erupted 454 times with 50 of the eruptions categorized as large scale. (*)

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