Here’s an anniversary to make your ears ache. On Aug. 27, 1883, just after 10 a.m., the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia made the loudest sound known to history — a terrifying roar that ...

On 27 August 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since. It was 10:02 AM local time when the sound emerged from the island of Krakatoa, which sits between Java and Sumatra in ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. On August 27, 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since. It was 10:02 a.m. when the sound emerged ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The chief of geology at the Energy and Mineral Resource Ministry (ESDM), Rudy Suhendar, asserted that the explosive sound heard by people in several parts of Jakarta and Bogor was ...

Within 20 years around the turn of the 20th century occurred two of the most devastating and, to the local populations as well as experts of the fledgling science of volcanology, most surprising ...

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Volcanic island in Indonesia "Krakatau"The large eruption that occurred in 1883 is recorded that the greatest eruption that human beings recorded was the largest eruption. From the meteorological data ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian volcano, Child of Krakatoa or Anak Krakatau, on Friday, erupted and spewed a three-kilometer-high ash cloud, according to Volcanology and Geological Disaster ...

The science magazine Nautilus ran an irresistible article last week on “the most distant sound that has ever been recorded in human history.” Writer Aatish Bhatia, a physics PhD turned journalist, ...