Mount Merapi, in West Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted again on January 11.

Footage filmed at 9.42 am shows the volcano spewing ash 500 m into the sky.

Gray columns are observed with intensity to the northeast and southeast.

The Merapi Volcano Observation Post, Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) in Bukittinggi noted that a mountain with a height of 2,981 meters above sea level (M ASL) hadn't erupted since January 7.

As of Wednesday (January 11), there had been 134 eruptions, as the height of the volcanic ash eruption was 800 metres.

No one has been evacuated so far.

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, Indonesia erupted again on January 11, 2023.

Footage filmed at 09:42 a.m shows Mount Marapi spewing volcanic ash 500 m into the sky, the second highest eruption after 08:25 a column of ash reaching ± 800 metres above the peak.

Gray columns are observed with intensity to the northeast and southeast. G. Marapi is currently on alert or at level II.

The Marapi Volcano Observation Post, Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) in Bukittinggi noted that a mountain with a height of 2,981 meters above sea level (M ASL) had erupted since Saturday, January 7.

As of Wednesday there had been 134 eruptions, as the height of the volcanic ash eruption was from 200 metres to 800 metres.

Official reports said that thin volcanic ash rain hit the Northeast and Southeast regions.

No one has been evacuated so far.