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How Loud Was Krakatoa? Inside the 1883 Eruption, 143 Years Later

August 28, 2026 by Prabhakar
A dramatic 19th-century-style illustration of the Krakatoa volcano erupting over the Sunda Strait at dawn, ash and lightning filling a dark sky above small sailing ships.

On August 27, 1883, Krakatoa’s eruption produced a 310-decibel blast heard 3,000 miles away and killed more than 36,000 people, mostly by tsunami.

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