In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 must have felt like something out of a mystery novel. Sergeant McDonald of the Vasse Police Station received a report from Constable ...

On August 27, 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia produced the loudest sound ever recorded in human history. At 10:02 am, a cataclysmic explosion was heard over 4,800 kilometres away, from ...

Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. The story describes how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa on the island blew half of the large island into the air that ...

The eruption of Krakatoa on August 26–27, 1883, completely collapsed its Indonesian island, blasting the stratosphere with volcanic dust and sulphur dioxide. A catastrophe of incredible scale for ...

NPR's Melissa Block talks to author Simon Winchester about his book Krakatoa. The volcano exploded in 1883, killed more than 36,000 people and affected weather worldwide. Winchester presents details ...

pt.1. On the volcanic phenomena of the eruption, and on the nature and distribution of the ejected materials, by J.W. Judd.--pt.2. On the air waves and sounds caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in ...

The infamous volcano that caused a devastating tsunami in 2018 is once again beginning to rumble to life. Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, experienced a cataclysmic eruption in 1883 that ...