Sunday, March 29, 2009

Fun Facts

  • Indonesia contains over 130 volcanoes
  • The 1883 explosion was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT
  • Krakatau released 18 cubic km of ash to a height of 80km
  • The tsunamis produced killed about 34,000 people, and pyroclastic flows of hot ash and debris traveling at 40km killed about 2,00 people
  • The sound of the Explosion was the loudest recorded in history

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