The loudest sound in recorded history came from the eruption of Krakatoa, on the 27th August, 1883. The explosion registered at 172 decibels 100 miles from the source, and was heard 3,000 miles away on the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean.
The Loudest Sound in Known History: On 27 August, 1883, the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia sent 174 decibel sound waves around the world four times and could be heard 3,000 miles away. Anyone within a 100 mile radius of Krakatoa had a chance of being literally deafened by the sound.
TIL the loudest sound in recorded history was the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883. The sound was so loud that it ruptured the ear drums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world 4 times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia had the equivalent power of 200 Megatons of TNT, 10,000 times more powerful that the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. history.com/topics/natura…
The volcanic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 is the loudest sound in human history. It ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away. The sound was heard clearly 3000 miles away. The explosion released hot ash 50 miles into the air. 165 Villages and towns surrounding Krakatoa were destroyed.
TIL that the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was the loudest sound in recorded history, heard 3,000 miles (4800 KM) away. Closer to Krakatoa, the sound was well over this limit, producing a blast of high pressure air so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 40 miles away. reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
[Today, August 27 in 1883] The biggest explosion the world has ever known – an estimated 13,000 times greater than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima – happened on this day as eruptions of the Krakatoa volcano reached their climax.
TIL That the sound from the massive 1883 eruption of Krakatoa circled the earth four times and was heard in over 50 different locations around the globe getpocket.com/explore/ite…
TIL that the sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away, travelled around the world four times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away. nautil.us/blog/the-sound-…
Yellowstone erupts instead of Krakatoa in 1883
TIL The August 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano "generated a pressure wave that . . . traveled 3-1/2 [3.5, three and one half] times around the world." "It produced the loudest sound ever recorded." "And it produced one of the most destructive and deadliest non-seismic tsunamis." usgs.gov/media/videos/pub…
TIL that the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883 was four times more powerful and destructive than the detonation of the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever built. branchcollective.org/?ps_…
TIL that The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa Indonesia On 27th August 1883 with an explosion the equivalent power of 150 million tonnes of TNT. The eruption was so loud that the sound was heard over a twelfth of the Earth’s surface, the shockwaves reverberated around the entire planet, seven times. theatlantic.com/magazine/…
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history) was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 64km (40mi) away, created tsunamis over 40 metres high, and was so violent that it was heard 3,110km (1,930mi) away in Australia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
A massive coral block thrown onto the shore of Java after the Krakatoa eruption in 1883
TIL that the loudest sound heard in historical times is the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, located in Indonesia. The eruption was heard in Perth, 3110 km away, and in the island of Rodrigues, 4800 km away, for an estimated astounding 310 dB. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
The volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa in August of 1883 killed thousands of people and sent atmospheric shock waves across the earth 7 times before subsiding. The sound of the explosions could be heard 4,800 miles away; those within a 160 km radius suffered permanent hearing loss.
TIL that in 1883, the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa was heard at Rodrigues Island, the furthest point at which the explosion was heard - almost 4,800 km away. Does this make it the loudest sound ever heard? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1…
Map of the 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa, Showing the Islands Nearest the Volcano Before and After the Event (published 1886) [2000x1689]
TIL the loudest sound ever recorded was the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, at 310db. Everybody within 10 miles of the explosion was deafened, and eardrums were reported to have burst up to 40 miles away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
How high could a model rocket fly if it was powered by a force equal to the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa?
Follow up: If said rocket was made of styrofoam and paper, could it be a lethal weapon?
This Day in Victorian History Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion (1883) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
TIL that the spectacular red sky in Edvard Munch's Scream was inspired by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. bbc.com/news/science-envi…
Redditor explains how the Cube's (a handheld device) Decibels (dB) would be a 1,000,000,000 times more powerful than the Krakatoa volcano eruption of 1883. np.reddit.com/r/gadgets/c…
TIL the sky in the famous painting "The Scream" is red probably because of the worldwide effects of Krakatoa's eruption in 1883, which launched particles in the air that changed the sky color for about 5 months nytimes.com/2004/02/08/ar…
In 1883, an eruption on Krakatoa was so powerful it could be heard up to 3000 miles away, and ruptured the eardrums of sailors 40 miles away. This picture depicts how far the blast could be heard, covering as far as Perth Australia. Its been reported to be the loudest sound in recorded history
TDIH: August 26, 1883, The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. Illustration: Lithograph of the eruption c. 1888.
"The most notable eruptions of Krakatoa culminated in a massive explosion in 1883. The eruption was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT —about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 kt) that devastated Hiroshima"
Meteorological data from the eruption of Krakatoa (1883)
TIL the eruption of Krakatoa volcano in 1883 was so loud it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 40 miles away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
TIL that the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in Indonesia, was so loud it was heard in outback Australia nearly 2,200 miles away, and islands near Africa nearly 3,000 miles away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kra…
Sound of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption. youtu.be/v2pPRiUUnOg
We made a video on the 1883 Krakatoa eruption. It includes a brief section about South Africa and how some of the debris travelled across the ocean to South Africa. This is some stuff I didn’t know before so thought I’d share it. youtu.be/y4eFAoDgRpw
The 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, in present-day Indonesia, had the force of 200 megatons of TNT. That's the equivalent of 13,300 15-kiloton atomic bombs. It could happen again. frontpagemag.com/fpm/2730…
TIL after the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883, the atmospheric debris resulted in blood red sunsets all over the world for months. The painting "The Scream" depicts a Krakatoa sunset over Oslo, Norway nytimes.com/2004/02/08/ar…
TIL the eruption of the volcano on Krakatoa Island (modern day Indonesia) in 1883 was so loud that it was heard in 50 different geographical locations, up to 3,000 miles away blogs.discovermagazine.co…
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa - caused at least 36,417 deaths; 20 million tons of sulfur released into the atmosphere; produced a volcanic winter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/188…
TIL the famous painting "The Scream" by Edvard Munch might have been influenced by the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 due to optical effects it left in the earth's atmosphere years after its eruption, thus leading to the scarlet-red sky depicted in the painting. theage.com.au/articles/20…
TIL the sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away. kottke.org/14/10/the-worl…
🔥 In 1883 in August in Indonesia on the island of Krakatoa (height 800 m), there was one of the most famous and powerful volcanic eruptions!
TIL that the background of the painting 'The Scream' is believed to be an accurate representation of the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa skyandtelescope.com/about…
Only known picture of the Krakatoa island eruption (1883, colorized) imgur.com/dfJSC1E
Noctilucent clouds, or night shining clouds, are a "new" cloud type and was first known to have been observed in 1885, two years after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. [OC]
What was the loudest volcanic eruption? Krakatoa 1883, so loud it circled the globe 4 times
