Mount Marapi in Indonesia blasts ash 1,000 metres into sky; people advised to stay at least 3km away from centre of activity


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JAKARTA (Vietnam News/ANN): Mount Marapi, located in the Agam and Tanah Datar regencies of Indonesia's West Sumatra province, erupted again this weekend, spewing volcanic ash up to 1,000 metres above its peak.

The Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) reported that the eruption, from the nearly 3,900-metre-high volcano, produced seismic activity with a maximum amplitude of 30.3 millimetres and lasted 42 seconds.

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