Here’s an anniversary to make your ears ache. On Aug. 27, 1883, just after 10 a.m., the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia made the loudest sound known to history — a terrifying roar that ...

How loud can sound really get? The human ear can safely hear up to around 120 decibels. Beyond that, it starts to hurt. At 150 decibels, eardrums can rupture. But history has witnessed sounds far ...

Volcanic island in Indonesia "Krakatau"The large eruption that occurred in 1883 is recorded that the greatest eruption that human beings recorded was the largest eruption. From the meteorological data ...

Within 20 years around the turn of the 20th century occurred two of the most devastating and, to the local populations as well as experts of the fledgling science of volcanology, most surprising ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The chief of geology at the Energy and Mineral Resource Ministry (ESDM), Rudy Suhendar, asserted that the explosive sound heard by people in several parts of Jakarta and Bogor was ...

The science magazine Nautilus ran an irresistible article last week on “the most distant sound that has ever been recorded in human history.” Writer Aatish Bhatia, a physics PhD turned journalist, ...

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KRAKATOA is not a foot condition, nor the ape that destroyed Honolulu, nor an illegal substance consumed at dance parties. It is in fact a volcano, which erupted in Indonesia in 1883, with ...

Aerial images of the mount Anak Krakatau activity which spewed volcanic ash eruption on Sunday, December 23, 2018. Hundreds of homes and other buildings were "heavily damaged" when the tsunami struck, ...