History’s loudest recorded bang went off on August, 27 1883, Krakatoa. It was a day when a disaster became a planetary ...

When the volcanic island of Krakatoa tore itself apart in August 1883, it produced what remains the most powerful acoustic event ever documented. The explosion did not simply echo across a bay or a ...

If more attention was paid to history, we wouldn't be shocked by the scale of the disaster on 26 December If someone had been reading history seriously, the littoral countries of the Indian Ocean ...

The catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 is regarded as one of the most devastating volcanic events in recorded history.

On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia’s Sunda ...

Happy Thursday! As you begin your day and look ahead to your weekend, you might be looking for some quick trivia to warm up ...