Krakatau
Americannoun
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Parts of the Anak Krakatau mountain fell into the ocean, causing a tsunami along the coasts of Sumatra and Java islands, killing 430 people.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024
"In the December 2018 Anak Krakatau eruption, we detected about 340,000 events over a one-week period, so to detect nearly 400,000 in just a few hours is extraordinary," Vagasky said.
From Reuters • Feb. 14, 2022
Boslough believes shock wave tsunamis may have been triggered by even stronger eruptive explosions, such as the 1883 outburst at Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano, or the most explosive phases of Yellowstone’s megaeruption 2.1 million years ago.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 25, 2022
Some volcanologists drew comparisons to the catastrophic explosion of Krakatau in Indonesia in 1883 and to the most recent huge eruption, of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, in 1991.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022
Krakatau, though uninhabited, was the occasional resort of fishermen who plied their calling in the Sunda Straits.
From Through the Malay Archipelago by Richings, Emily
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