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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 ]
The eruption destroyed two-thirds of the island of Krakatoa. Eruptions in the area since 1927 have built a new island at the same location, named Anak Krakatau (which is Indonesian for "Child of Krakatoa"). Periodic eruptions have continued since, with recent eruptions in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, and a major collapse in 2018.
Eruption Source(s) 71,000 to 250,100+ Mount Tambora: 7 Indonesia: 1815 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Year Without a Summer: 36,000+ Krakatoa: 6 Indonesia: 1883 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 30,000 Mount Pelée: 4 Martinique: 1902 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: 23,000 Nevado del Ruiz: 3 Colombia: 1985 Armero tragedy: 20,000~ (estimated) Santorini ...
Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Television docudrama that premiered on 7 May 2006 on BBC One. The program is based upon four eyewitness accounts of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa , an active stratovolcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java , present day ...
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No nuclear detonation to date has ever been heard over such a distance.The Geologist 12:58, 9 April 2012 (UTC) OK, to be really blunt, the LOUDEST sound would be unsurvivable. Period. As in ZERO persons inside of ground zero of the last two atomic bombs survived the event, even IF they were "shaded" by surviving structures.
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 ...
A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...