KRAKATOA

ERUPTION

• May 20, 1883
• Loudest sound ever recorded
• 36,000 fatalities
• Heard from 4,800 Km. Away
• 200 tons of mega TNT

THE VOLCANO

• It is a stratovolcano
• Pacific ring of fire
• 1883 eruption caused tsunamis
• Erupts frequently but mild
• Krakatoa island 3 other volcanoes

FACTS

• Catasrophism
• Nobody knew it was going to erupt
• One of largest eruptions in human history

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