The Krakatoa Volcanic Eruption of 1883 - The Loudest Sound Ever Heard

In 1883, possibly the loudest sound ever heard, detonated in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia. The source of this explosion? A volcano that has gone down in infamy. Over 36,000 lives were lost in the ensuing pyroclastic flows and tsunami, and is the second deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded history. This is Infamous Geography. This is Krakatoa. 🕐TIMESTAMPS🕖 👉 0:00 Introduction, Titles 👉 1:40 Indonesia and the Ring of Fire 👉 2:36 The Sunda Strait and Krakatoa Today 👉 3:45 Earlier Eruptions of Krakatoa 👉 4:23 The Krakatoa Eruption of 1883 👉 6:01 The Loudest Sound Ever Heard? 👉 7:46 The Killer Pyroclastic Flows of Krakatoa 👉 8:24 The Killer Tsunami of Krakatoa 👉 9:40 The Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) 👉 11:19 The Mount Tambora Eruption of 1815 👉 12:12 The Mount Toba Supervolcano Eruption 👉 12:42 Volcanoes, the Life Bringers Ԁ