[DOC] [TLE] 1883 eruption of Krakatoa - Wikipedia [PAR] The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) began in 
the afternoon ... Impact, The final explosive eruption was heard 4,830 km (3,000 
miles) away; caused at least 36,417 deaths; ... On August 27, over 70% of the 
island and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed by the explosive eruption. [DOC] [TLE] Krakatau explodes - Aug 27, 1883 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Aug 27, 1979 ... The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau ... 
Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic miles of ... On August 26 
and August 27, excitement turned to horror as Krakatau literally blew itself .... The 
volcanic island of Krakatoa near Indonesia erupts on this day in... [DOC] [TLE] Krakatoa erupts - Aug 27, 1883 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The volcanic island of Krakatoa near Indonesia erupts on this day in 1883, killing 
... Eruptions got progressively stronger until August 26, when the catastrophe 
began. ... The last of these made the loudest sound ever recorded on the planet. 
... Heard 3,000 miles away, the explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 
miles... [DOC] [TLE] The Great Explosion of the Krakatau Volcano ("Krakatoa") of August ... [PAR] The explosion was heard more than 3000 miles away. Volcanic dust blew into 
the upper atmosphere affecting incoming solar radiation and the ... Prior to the 
great 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, Rakata island was made of three .... People on 
Rodrigues Island described the sounds to be like the distant roar of firing canons. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Facts About Krakatoa's 1883 Eruption | Mental Floss [PAR] Aug 27, 2015 ... On August 27, 1883, Krakatoa (alternately called Krakatau), an uninhabited 
volcanic island near Indonesia, erupted spectacularly, expelling huge ... ONE 
ERUPTION ON AUGUST 27 WAS HEARD 2800 MILES AWAY. ... they could be 
heard as far away as Sri Lanka and Perth, Australia3000 miles away. [DOC] [TLE] Monique R. Morgan, The Eruption of Krakatoa (also known as ... [PAR] On 27 August 1883, after a day of alarming volcanic activity, an obscure, 
uninhabited ... People thousands of miles away heard the explosion, and 
instruments around the ... In Blown to Bits, R. M. Ballantyne interwove a detailed, 
factual account of ... including at Rodrigues Island approximately 3,000 miles 
across the Indian... [DOC] [TLE] Krakatoa Volcano Eruption of 1883 - 19th Century History - About.com [PAR] Illustration of volcanic island Krakatoa - Kean Collection/Getty Images ... The 
eruption of the volcano at Krakatoa in the western Pacific Ocean in August 1883 
was a ... enough to break the eardrums of some crewmen on ships many miles 
away. ... Ocean more than 2,000 miles from Krakatoa, the sound was clearly 
heard. [DOC] [TLE] 17 Facts About Krakatoa, The Most Violent Volcanic Island | Phactual [PAR] The closest people resided about 5 miles away on the island of Sebisi (
population 3000). 8. 1883: After 200 years of dormancy, the most climactic 
eruption in... [DOC] [TLE] The Night the World Exploded  The Eruption of Krakatoa ... [PAR] Dec 14, 2013 ... At a distance of 3,000 miles from the explosion, Rodrigues holds the record as 
being the ... In 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa, in what was then the Dutch 
East Indies ... The explosions could be heard thousands of miles away and ... The 
10:02 eruption produced a sound-wave so powerful and so... [DOC] [TLE] Krakatoa - On August 27, 1883 the most powerful volcanic eruption ... [PAR] The explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern 
history, with reports of it being heard up to 3000 miles (4800 km) from its point of 
origin. ... volcanic eruption in recorded history took place on the Krakatoa Islands. 
..... trees over 40 kilometers away and shook the ground in a tremendous 
earthquake. [DOC] [TLE] indahnesia.com - Volcanoes in Indonesia - Krakatau - Krakatau ... [PAR] Nov 27, 2010 ... Krakatoa or Krakatau or Krakatao is a volcanic island in the Sunda ... The 1883 
eruption ejected more than 25 cubic kilometres of rock, ash ... reported

Question: The August 1883 volcanic eruption on this island blew away 2/3 of the island; the sound was heard 3,000 miles away
Answer: Krakatoa