The best-known eruption of Krakatoa culminated in a series of massive
explosions on August 26=9627, 1883, which was among the most violent
volcanic events in modern and recorded history. http://www.krakataytour.org
With a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6,[2] the eruption was
equivalent to 200 megatons (MT) of TNT=97about 13,000 times the nuclear
yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 kT) that devastated Hiroshima,
Japan during World War II and four times the yield of the Tsar Bomba
(50 MT), the largest nuclear device ever detonated.
The 1883 eruption ejected approximately 21 cubic kilometres (5.0 cu
mi) of rock, ash, and pumice.[3]
The cataclysmic explosion was distinctly heard as far away as Perth in
Western Australia, about 1,930 miles (3,110 km) away, and the island
of Rodrigues near Mauritius, about 3,000 miles (5,000 km) away.
Near Krakatoa, according to official records, 165 villages and towns
were destroyed and 132 seriously damaged, at least 36,417 (official
toll) people died, and many thousands were injured by the eruption,
mostly from the tsunamis that followed the explosion. The eruption
destroyed two-thirds of the island of Krakatoa.
Eruptions at the volcano since 1927 have built a new island in the
same location, named Anak Krakatau (Indonesian: "Child of Krakatoa").
This island currently has a radius of roughly 2 kilometres (1.2 mi)
and a high point around 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level, growing 5
metres (16 ft) each year.[1]
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