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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.
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the loudest explosions ever recorded, and was heard at least 3,000 miles (4,800 km) away. Caused a 5-year volcanic winter . The island had three volcanoes.
Its biggest eruption occurred about 40,000 years ago, when it spewed 150 cubic kilometers worth of magma into the atmosphere. ... which includes the Krakatoa eruption in 1883 and Mount Pinatubo in ...
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 ...
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The sound wave produced by Krakatoa was, if I recall correctly, measured by barometric gauges around the world. --Gene_poole 21:15, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC) Do you have a source for that? All my volcano references say that Krakatoa was loudest; none even speculate on how loud the Tambora eruption was. What grounds are there to believe Tambora was louder?
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 ...