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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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Perboewatan was completely destroyed during the 1883 eruption; the caldera is approximately 250 metres (820 ft) deep at its former location. [1] Photographed on May 27, 1883 by visitors to the island, Perboewatan is the only cone on Krakatoa of which quality pre-1883 photographs exist. In the photos, it appears to be a low hill with a flat top.
Original – An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa Reason high quality lithograph about a historically significant event, high EV Articles in which this image appears 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (most EV), 1883, Krakatoa, Drama dari Krakatau, Karang Bolong FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others Creator
English: Title: De uitbarsting van de Krakatau Shelfmark: KITLV 5888 Subject (topical): Volcanic Eruptions Volcanoes Subject (geographic): Indonesia
The 1883 eruption ejected approximately 25 km 3 (6 cubic miles) of rock. [3] The cataclysmic explosion was heard 3,600 km (2,200 mi) away in Alice Springs, Australia, and on the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4,780 km (2,970 mi) to the west. [4]
The 2009 episode "Krakatoa" of History's geology-based documentary series How the Earth Was Made also chronicles the geologic history of Krakatoa. [14] In a 1991 episode of the TV show Seinfeld, Jerry (in 1985) is tricked by Kramer into donating money to the Krakatoa relief fund, even though it erupted 102 years earlier.
Krakatoa, Indonesia: 1883, August 26–27: 6: 21 km 3 (5.0 cu mi) of tephra [22] Mount Tambora, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia: 1815, Apr 10: 7: 160–213 km 3 (38–51 cu mi) of tephra: an estimated 10–120 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted, produced the "Year Without a Summer" [23] 1808 ice core event