The Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG) reported that eruptive activity from Verbeek Crater at Marapi (on Sumatra) continued during 30 April-6 May. Eruptive events were detected at 1816 on 30 April and at 1438 on 1 May, though the events were not visually observed. At 1812 on 3 May an ash plume rose 800 m above the summit and drifted NE. An eruptive event was detected at 1331 on 4 May, though not visually observed. At 2209 on 4 May a dense gray ash plume rose 1 km above the summit and drifted E. Incandescence at the summit was visible in an image from 2226 that same day. The Alert Level remained at 2 (on a scale of 1-4) and the public was warned to stay 3 km away from the active crater.

Geological Summary. Gunung Marapi, not to be confused with the better-known Merapi volcano on Java, is Sumatra's most active volcano. This massive complex stratovolcano rises 2,000 m above the Bukittinggi Plain in the Padang Highlands. A broad summit contains multiple partially overlapping summit craters constructed within the small 1.4-km-wide Bancah caldera. The summit craters are located along an ENE-WSW line, with volcanism migrating to the west. More than 50 eruptions, typically consisting of small-to-moderate explosive activity, have been recorded since the end of the 18th century; no lava flows outside the summit craters have been reported in historical time.

Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi (PVMBG, also known as CVGHM)