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Four colossal explosions at Krakatoa shattered eardrums on ships forty miles awa
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August 27

Krakatoa Erupts: Explosion Heard 3,000 Miles Away

Four colossal explosions at Krakatoa shattered eardrums on ships forty miles away and sent a pressure wave circling Earth seven times. This volcanic fury unleashed tsunamis over thirty meters high that devastated the Sunda Strait, while ash shot eighty kilometers into the sky to dim sunlight globally for years.

August 27, 1883

143 years ago

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