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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.
Krakatoa (/ ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə, ˌ k r æ k-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈ t aʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands.
Anak Krakatoa: 3 Indonesia: 2018 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami: 416 Ruang: 2 Indonesia: 1871 1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami: 400+ Kilauea: 4 Hawaii, United States: 1790 Keanakakoi eruption: 350 to 400 Mount Mayon: 4 Philippines: 1897 [22] 353 Mount Merapi: 4 Indonesia: 2010 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi: 340 Cotopaxi: 4 Ecuador: 1877 [23] 326 ...
The most powerful volcanic eruption that has been recorded in history happened 132 years ago today, on August 27, 1883 on Krakatau (also called Krakatoa), a small, uninhabited volcanic island in ...
Rakata (/ r ə ˈ k ɑː t ə / rə-KAH-tə), also called Greater Krakatau, is a partially collapsed and uninhabited stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa (Indonesian: Krakatau) in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java.
Anak Krakatau [notes 1] is a volcanic island in Indonesia. On 29 December 1927, Anak Krakatau first emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Krakatoa .
Seriously, this is a whole new Zuma. PopCap and EA have revealed the next generation of Zuma Blitz on Facebook, titled Zuma Blitz: Kroakatoa Island. What sounds like a mere expansion is actually a ...
The 1953 American adventure film Fair Wind to Java depicts a fictional sailing ship, the Gerrymander, which rides out a large tsunami generated by the 1883 explosion of Krakatoa. The 1969 American disaster film Krakatoa, East of Java depicts a fictional steamer, the Batavia Queen , surviving an encounter with an enormous tsunami at sea between ...