Ships within 20 km (12 mi) of the volcano reported heavy ash fall, with pieces of hot pumice up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter landing on their decks. Between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm, a small tsunami hit the shores of Java and Sumatra, 40 km (25 mi) away.

2018年5月9日 · Krakatoa’s eruption sent six cubic miles of rock, ash, dust and debris into the atmosphere, darkening the skies and producing vividly colored sunsets and other spectacular effects around the...

2025年1月17日 · Krakatoa, volcano on Rakata Island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, Indonesia. Its explosive eruption in 1883 was one of the most catastrophic in history. Krakatoa lies along the convergence of the Indian-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a zone of high volcanic and seismic activity.

2024年3月7日 · Damage on the island of Java after a tsunami on Dec. 22, 2018, caused by the eruption of the volcano Anak Krakatoa, known as the "Child of Krakatoa." The powerful tsunami struck at night and without warning, sweeping over popular beaches on Sumatra and Java, inundating tourist hotels and coastal settlements.

2021年8月23日 · As the volcano erupted, spewing ash and pumice into the sea in the form of a pyroclastic flow, it triggered tsunamis of up to 40m high and destroyed up to 300 villages along the Sunda Strait. Waves from the tsunamis rocked ships as far away as South Africa.

On August 26, 1883, a colossal eruption occurred on Krakatau following a series of explosions. The northern two-thirds of the island collapsed beneath the sea, generating a series of lava, pumice, and ash flows and immense tsunamis that ravaged adjacent coastlines.

2020年10月9日 · As the volcano collapsed into the sea, it generated a tsunami 37m high – tall enough to submerge a six-storey building. And as the wave raced along the shoreline of the Sunda Strait, it...

2019年5月18日 · Overnight, two small Krakatoa tsunamis hit the nearby islands of Java and Sumatra — both of which are 25 miles away from the volcano. By the next morning, the eruptions had gathered even more momentum and culminated in four enormous explosions .

2009年11月24日 · Heard 3,000 miles away—and believed to have produced the loudest sounds in human history —the explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air, created 120-foot tsunamis and...

2017年9月15日 · Tephra (volcanic rock fragments) and hot volcanic gases overcame many of the victims in western Java and Sumatra, but thousands more were killed by the devastating tsunami. The wall of water ...