What happens when a volcano explodes with the force of 200 megatons? The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 was so powerful that it wiped out entire communities, created massive tsunamis, and altered Earth’s ...

In 2018, the side of the Anak Krakatau volcano collapsed in a powerful eruption and produced a tsunami that killed hundreds and injured thousands on nearby Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.

It was the largest in 70,000 years. The volcano released 1,170 km³ of volcanic material (50x more than the 1883 Krakatoa eruption) and covered much of the North Island in ash and reshaped the land.

“SIXTEEN volcanoes now working between the spot where Krakatoa was before and Sebesie.” Such was one of the first reports which was sent by cable to Singapore, and which we heard at Pontiana ...

The eruption of Toba about 74,000 years ago was 1,000 times as large as that of Tambora or Krakatau. It didn’t just trigger a summerless year or a short cold spell spanning several years ...

THE eruption of Krakatau, from May 20 to the end of August 1883, which killed the vegetation of the three islands of the Krakatau group and destroyed some two thirds of the island of Krakatau ...

The volcanic episode 3,600 years ago, known as the Minoan eruption, likely ejected far more debris into the atmosphere than the devastating Krakatoa eruption in 1883. Most of the island was destroyed ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is spewing fiery red-orange lava up to 250 feet high from its north vent, in what’s being called "Episode 8" of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption. Fountains from the ...

At close: February 5 at 10:08:32 AM GMT+11 ...