What volcano exploded in 1883 with the force of 200 megatons of TNT?
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded author has been able to attach so many tentacles to a single event – the spectacular and catastrophic eruption of the title volcano – that there seems to be nowhere he can't go." The book was a "New York Times" bestseller after its initial release. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded is a 2003 book by Simon Winchester that covers the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Winchester examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Effects of the immense
1883 eruption of Krakatoa they were thought to be cannon fire from a nearby ship. The third explosion has been reported as the loudest sound heard in historic times. The loudness of the blast heard from the volcano has been calculated to have been 180 dB. Each explosion was accompanied by tsunamis estimated to have been over high in places. A large area of the Sunda Strait and a number of places on the Sumatran coast were affected by pyroclastic flows from the volcano. The energy released from the explosion has been estimated to be equal to about 200 megatons of TNT, roughly four