Krakatau: The loudest sound in recorded history - WBUR News
6/24/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Ben Brock Johnson, Dean Russell
by Ben Brock Johnson, Dean Russell
Imagine if an explosion in California was so loud that it could be heard in New York City. This is the story of a real event that was just as loud — the loudest sound ever recorded in human history.
On August 27, 1883, a sound emerged from the Earth louder than anything recorded before or since. The volcanic eruption bellowed out from Krakatau, an uninhabited island between Java and Sumatra in … [+33056 chars]
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