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The third explosion has been reported as the loudest sound in history. [6] [7] [8]: 602 [4]: 79 The loudness of the blast heard 160 km (100 mi) from the volcano has been calculated to have been 180 dB. [9] Each explosion was accompanied by tsunamis estimated to have been over 30 metres (98 feet) high in places.
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According to the official records of the Dutch East Indies colony, 165 villages and towns were destroyed near Krakatoa, and 132 were seriously damaged. At least 36,417 people died, and many more thousands were injured, mostly from the tsunamis that followed the explosion. The eruption destroyed two-thirds of the island of Krakatoa.
1883: Krakatoa, Indonesia. In May 1883, after years of intense seismic activity in the Sunda Strait, the massive volcano on the uninhabited island of Krakatoa exploded in a furious eruption. It ...
Danan (uncertain derivation) was one of the three volcanic cones (the others being Perboewatan and Rakata) on the island of Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait, in Indonesia.It stood 450 metres (1,480 ft), lay in the central area of the island, and may have been a twin volcano.
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Recently released photos of two NASA astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have caused health concerns to rise. Although Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore were ...
Simon Winchester; Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, 27 August 1883 [10] explores the eruption of Krakatoa and the history of the region, the early spice trade, the growth of colonial governments, explains the geology of volcanos and describes in detail the series of eruptions and tsunamis and their effects around the globe.