Tuesday, April 22, 2025

What is the loudest sound on earth?

 The sound of the eruption of Mount Krakatoa

On August 27, 1883, at 10 am, Krakatoa erupted and made the loudest sound in history, making its sound around the earth 4 times.

In Batavia, the sound was recorded at 172 decibels, even though it was 109 miles away but the sound was much louder than a jet engine.

On a British ship 40 miles away, a sailor suffered a ruptured eardrum, his captain thinking the Apocalypse was near.

The power of the eruption was equal to 10,000 Hiroshima bombs, 36 thousand people died, the lava was falling at a rate of 60 miles per hour, the tsunami was 120 feet high, and wiped out 165 villages on the coast.