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Zwischen dem 10. und dem 15. April 1815 brach der indonesische Vulkan Tambora mit unvorstellbarer Wucht aus und verwüstete seine Umgebung.
der als zweitstärkster der letzten 10 000 Jahre gilt
Die Explosion des Krakatau am 27. August 1883 gilt als eines der lautesten Ereignisse, das die Menschheit in ihrer jüngeren Geschichte erlebt haben soll: Der Knall war noch tausende Kilometer weiter in Australien und auf Mauritius zu hören. Doch das war noch eine der harmloseren Folgen des Vulkanausbruchs, <anchor>der als zweitstärkster der letzten 10 000 Jahre gilt</anchor> – übertroffen nur noch vom Tambora im Jahr 1815. Mehr als 35 000 Menschen starben im Umkreis des Krakatau, die meisten durch verheerende Tsunamis, die nach dem Einbruch der entleerten Magmakammer entstanden. Die Wellen überfluteten die Küsten mit teilweise 40 Meter hoch aufragenden Wasserwänden; selbst an den europäischen Gestaden hoben sich die Pegel noch um mehrere Zentimeter, weil die Wellen um die Erde rasten. Heute wächst auf den Trümmern des zerstörten Vulkans der Anak Krakatau empor, das »Kind des Krakatau« – der nichts an Gefährlichkeit eingebüßt hat und zu den aktivsten Vulkanen der Erde zählt.
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- [1Historic phases](#Historic_phases)Toggle Historic phases subsection  - [1.1Early phase](#Early_phase)
  - [1.2Climactic phase](#Climactic_phase)    - [1.2.1Explosions](#Explosions)      - [1.2.1.1Pressure wave](#Pressure_wave)
      - [1.2.1.2Tsunamis](#Tsunamis)
      - [1.2.1.3Pyroclastic flows and tephra](#Pyroclastic_flows_and_tephra)
- [2Aftermath](#Aftermath)Toggle Aftermath subsection  - [2.1Geographic effects](#Geographic_effects)
  - [2.2Global climate](#Global_climate)
  - [2.3Global optical effects](#Global_optical_effects)
  - [2.4Death toll](#Death_toll)
  - [2.5Later activity](#Later_activity)
- [3Possible causes](#Possible_causes)
- [4In popular culture](#In_popular_culture)
- [5See also](#See_also)
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# 1883 eruption of Krakatoa

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[Coordinates](/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system "Geographic coordinate system"): [6°06′07″S105°25′23″E﻿ / ﻿6.102°S 105.423°E﻿ / -6.102; 105.423](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa&params=6.102_S_105.423_E_source:pamwiki_type:mountain)

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Large volcanic eruption in the Sunda Strait

1883 eruption of Krakatoa[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/De_uitbarsting_van_de_Krakatau%2C_KITLV_5888.tiff/lossy-page1-250px-De_uitbarsting_van_de_Krakatau%2C_KITLV_5888.tiff.jpg)](/wiki/File:De_uitbarsting_van_de_Krakatau,_KITLV_5888.tiff)

Photograph during the eruption in 1883

Volcano[Krakatoa](/wiki/Krakatoa "Krakatoa")Start date20 May 1883[\[1\]](#cite_note-GVP-1)End date21 October 1883 (1883-10-21) (?)[\[1\]](#cite_note-GVP-1)[Type](/wiki/Types_of_volcanic_eruptions "Types of volcanic eruptions")[Plinian eruption](/wiki/Plinian_eruption "Plinian eruption")[\[2\]](#cite_note-2)Location[Krakatoa archipelago](/wiki/Krakatoa_archipelago "Krakatoa archipelago"), [Sunda Strait](/wiki/Sunda_Strait "Sunda Strait"), [Dutch East Indies](/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies "Dutch East Indies") (now [Indonesia](/wiki/Indonesia "Indonesia"))

[6°06′07″S105°25′23″E﻿ / ﻿6.102°S 105.423°E﻿ / -6.102; 105.423](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa&params=6.102_S_105.423_E_source:pamwiki_type:mountain)[VEI](/wiki/Volcanic_explosivity_index "Volcanic explosivity index")6[\[1\]](#cite_note-GVP-1)ImpactOver 70% of the island of Krakatoa destroyed and collapsed into a caldera; 20 million tons of [sulphur](/wiki/Sulphur "Sulphur") released; volcanic winter causes five-year average world temperature drop of 1.2 °C (2.2 °F)\[ _[citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\][Deaths](/wiki/List_of_volcanic_eruptions_by_death_toll "List of volcanic eruptions by death toll")36,417–120,000[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Krakatoa_map.svg/250px-Krakatoa_map.svg.png)](/wiki/File:Krakatoa_map.svg)

The change in geography after the eruption

[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Krakatoa_eruption_lithograph.jpg/220px-Krakatoa_eruption_lithograph.jpg)](/wiki/File:Krakatoa_eruption_lithograph.jpg) Lithograph of the eruption c. 1888

The **1883 eruption of Krakatoa** ( [Indonesian](/wiki/Indonesian_language "Indonesian language"): _Letusan Krakatau 1883_) in the [Sunda Strait](/wiki/Sunda_Strait "Sunda Strait") occurred from 20 May until 21 October 1883, peaking in the late morning of 27 August when over 70% of the island of [Krakatoa](/wiki/Krakatoa "Krakatoa") and [its surrounding archipelago](/wiki/Krakatoa_archipelago "Krakatoa archipelago") were destroyed as it collapsed into a [caldera](/wiki/Caldera "Caldera").

The eruption was [one of the deadliest](/wiki/List_of_volcanic_eruptions_by_death_toll "List of volcanic eruptions by death toll") and most destructive volcanic events in [recorded history](/wiki/Recorded_history "Recorded history"). The explosion was heard 3,110 kilometres (1,930 mi) away in [Perth](/wiki/Perth "Perth"), Western Australia, and [Rodrigues](/wiki/Rodrigues "Rodrigues") near [Mauritius](/wiki/Mauritius "Mauritius"), 4,800 kilometres (3,000 mi) away.[\[3\]](#cite_note-3) The acoustic pressure wave circled the globe more than three times.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4): 63  At least 36,417 deaths are attributed to the eruption and the [tsunamis](/wiki/Tsunami "Tsunami") it created.

Significant additional effects were felt worldwide in the days and weeks after the volcano's eruption. Additional [seismic](/wiki/Seismic "Seismic") activity was reported until February 1884, but any reports after October 1883 were dismissed by [Rogier Verbeek](/wiki/Rogier_Verbeek "Rogier Verbeek")'s subsequent investigation into the eruption.

## Historic phases

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### Early phase

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In the years before the 1883 eruption, seismic activity around the [Krakatoa](/wiki/Krakatoa "Krakatoa") volcano was intense, with [earthquakes](/wiki/Earthquake "Earthquake") felt as far away as North Australia, one of which, in 1880, damaged a lighthouse.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4) [Strombolian](/wiki/Strombolian_eruption "Strombolian eruption") activity began on 20 May 1883, and steam venting began to occur regularly from [Perboewatan](/wiki/Perboewatan "Perboewatan"), the northernmost of the island's three cones. Eruptions of ash reached an estimated altitude of 6 km (20,000 ft), and explosions could be heard in [Batavia](/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies "Batavia, Dutch East Indies") ( [Jakarta](/wiki/Jakarta "Jakarta")) 160 km (100 mi) away, rattling windows and doors.[\[5\]](#cite_note-thornton-5)[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4) Dust fell 300 miles away. An excursion party sent to the island on 26 May reported that the islands were covered with a fine white dust, with explosions coming from Perboewatan every 5 to 10 minutes. Although by this time the eruptions were calming down, some of the explosions were still very energetic, hurling pumice opposite the direction of the wind. A large crater about 3,000 feet (900 metres) in diameter formed, with a cavity from which issued plumes of steam. The eruptions soon quietened after the initial violence.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4)

Around 16 June, there were loud explosions and a thick black cloud covered the islands for five days. The eruptions started gaining strength again on 19 June. On 24 June, a prevailing east wind cleared the cloud, and two ash columns could be seen issuing from Krakatoa. It was also noticed that the summit cone of Perboewatan was gone, which an extensive report of a few years later attributes it to having been blown away. The seat of the eruption is believed to have been a new vent or vents that formed on that day, between Perboewatan and [Danan](/wiki/Danan_(volcano) "Danan (volcano)"). The violence of the ongoing eruptions caused tides in the vicinity to be unusually high, and ships at anchor had to be moored with chains. Earthquakes were felt at [Anyer](/wiki/Anyer "Anyer"), [Banten](/wiki/Banten "Banten"), and ships began to report large [pumice](/wiki/Pumice "Pumice") masses to the west in the [Indian Ocean](/wiki/Indian_Ocean "Indian Ocean").[\[5\]](#cite_note-thornton-5)[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4) A third vent, and later many more, appeared. The eruptions continued throughout July, and their violence continued to increase until the explosions of 27 August.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4)

In early August, a Dutch topographical engineer, Captain H. J. G. Ferzenaar, investigated the Krakatoa islands.[\[5\]](#cite_note-thornton-5) He noted three major ash columns (the newer from Danan), which obscured the western part of the island, and steam plumes from at least eleven other vents, mostly between Danan and [Rakata](/wiki/Rakata "Rakata"). When he landed, he noted an ash layer about 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) thick and the destruction of all vegetation, leaving only tree stumps. He advised against any further landings.[\[5\]](#cite_note-thornton-5)

### Climactic phase

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By 25 August, the Krakatoa eruptions intensified. At about 1:00 pm on 26 August, the eruption entered its climactic phase. By 2:00 pm, a black ash cloud could be seen 27 km (17 mi) high. At this point, the eruption was almost continuous, and explosions could be heard every ten minutes. By 5:00 pm, the explosions were audible all over Java. Waves a few feet in height began battering the coasts of Java and Sumatra at 5:30 pm, and continued throughout the night, which may have been produced by steam explosions. [\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4) 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](/wiki/Java "Java") and [Sumatra](/wiki/Sumatra "Sumatra"), 40 km (25 mi) away.

#### Explosions

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On 27 August, four enormous explosions occurred, which marked the climax of the eruption. At 5:30 am, the first explosion was at Perboewatan, triggering a tsunami heading to [Telok Betong](/wiki/Telukbetung "Telukbetung"), now known as Bandar Lampung. At 6:44am, Krakatoa exploded again at Danan, with the resulting tsunami propagating eastward and westward. The third and largest explosion, at 10:02 am, was so powerful that it was heard 3,110 km (1,930 mi) away in [Perth](/wiki/Perth "Perth"), Western Australia, and the Indian Ocean island of [Rodrigues](/wiki/Rodrigues_(island) "Rodrigues (island)") near [Mauritius](/wiki/Mauritius "Mauritius"), 4,800 km (3,000 mi) away, where the blast was thought to have been cannon fire from a nearby ship. The third explosion has been reported as the loudest sound in history.[\[6\]](#cite_note-the_eruption-6)[\[7\]](#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](#cite_note-8): 602 [\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4): 79  The loudness of the blast heard 160 km (100 mi) from the volcano has been calculated to have been 180 [dB](/wiki/Decibel "Decibel").[\[9\]](#cite_note-KSCVAB-9) Each explosion was accompanied by tsunamis estimated to have been over 30 metres (98 feet) high in places. A large area of the [Sunda Strait](/wiki/Sunda_Strait "Sunda Strait") and places on the Sumatran coast were affected by [pyroclastic flows](/wiki/Pyroclastic_flow "Pyroclastic flow") from the volcano. Verbeek and others believe that the final major Krakatoa eruption was a [lateral blast](/wiki/Lateral_eruption "Lateral eruption"), or [pyroclastic surge](/wiki/Pyroclastic_surge "Pyroclastic surge"). Material shot out of the volcano at 2,575 kilometres per hour (715 metres per second).[\[10\]](#cite_note-10) The energy released from the explosion has been estimated to be equal to about 200 [megatonnes of TNT](/wiki/TNT_equivalent "TNT equivalent") (840 [petajoules](/wiki/Joule "Joule")),[\[11\]](#cite_note-11) roughly four times as powerful as the [Tsar Bomba](/wiki/Tsar_Bomba "Tsar Bomba"), the most powerful thermonuclear weapon ever detonated. This makes it one of the most powerful explosions in recorded history. At 10:41am, a [landslide](/wiki/Volcanic_landslide "Volcanic landslide") tore off half of Rakata volcano, along with the remainder of the island to the north of Rakata, causing the final explosion.[\[6\]](#cite_note-the_eruption-6)

##### Pressure wave

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The pressure wave generated by the colossal third explosion radiated out from Krakatoa at 1,086 km/h (675 mph). The eruption is estimated to have reached 180 dB, loud enough to be heard 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) away.[\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12): 248  It was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors on [RMS _Norham Castle_](/wiki/RMS_Norham_Castle "RMS Norham Castle") of the [Castle Line](/wiki/Union-Castle_Line "Union-Castle Line") which was [hove to](/wiki/Hove_to "Hove to") off Sumatra,[\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12): 231, 234  and caused a spike of more than 8.5 [kilopascals](/wiki/Pascal_(unit) "Pascal (unit)") (2.5 inHg) in the pressure gauge attached to a [gasometer](/wiki/Gasometer "Gasometer") in the Batavia (correspondent to modern day Jakarta) gasworks 160 km (100 miles) away, sending it off the scale. At Batavia, the air waves burst windows and cracked walls.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4): 69 [\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12): 218 [\[note 1\]](#cite_note-13)

The pressure wave was recorded on [barographs](/wiki/Barograph "Barograph") worldwide. Several barographs recorded the wave seven times over five days: four times with the wave travelling away from the volcano to its [antipodal point](/wiki/Antipodal_point "Antipodal point") and three times travelling back to the volcano.[\[4\]](#cite_note-Symons88-4): 63  Hence, the wave rounded the globe three and a half times.

##### Tsunamis

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Massive tsunamis struck the coastlines of the Sunda Strait, entirely submerging some islands.[\[13\]](#cite_note-14) The tsunamis produced by the third explosion were the largest, although the first two explosions did produce smaller tsunamis.[\[14\]](#cite_note-:0-15) The town of [Merak](/wiki/Merak,_Banten "Merak, Banten") was destroyed by a tsunami that was 46 metres high.[\[note 2\]](#cite_note-16) The waves reached heights of up to 24 metres (79 feet) along the south coast of [Sumatra](/wiki/Sumatra "Sumatra") and up to 42 metres (138 feet) along the west coast of [Java](/wiki/Java "Java").[\[15\]](#cite_note-17) The _Loudon_, which at the time was anchored near the village of Telok Betong, survived the waves. Passengers produced this eyewitness account:[\[16\]](#cite_note-18)

> "Suddenly we saw a gigantic wave of prodigious height advancing toward the seashore with considerable speed. Immediately, the crew . . .managed to set sail in face of the imminent danger; the ship had just enough time to meet with the wave from the front. The ship met the wave head on and the Loudon was lifted up with a dizzying rapidity and made a formidable leap... The ship rode at a high angle over the crest of the wave and down the other side. The wave continued on its journey toward land, and the benumbed crew watched as the sea in a single sweeping motion consumed the town. There, where an instant before had lain the town of Telok Betong, nothing remained but the open sea."

Away from the coasts of the Sunda Strait, the waves reached a height of 4 metres on Southern Sumatra. One person was killed in Sri Lanka.[\[14\]](#cite_note-:0-15) Ships as far away as South Africa rocked as [tsunamis](/wiki/Tsunami "Tsunami") hit them, and the victims' bodies were found floating in the ocean for months after the event.\[ _[dubious](/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement "Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute") – [discuss](/wiki/Talk:1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa#Dubious "Talk:1883 eruption of Krakatoa")_\] The tsunamis which accompanied the eruption were believed to have been caused by gigantic pyroclastic flows entering the sea; each of the four great explosions was accompanied by large pyroclastic flows resulting from the gravitational collapse of the eruption columns.\[ _[citation needed](/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\] This caused several cubic kilometres of material to enter the sea, displacing an equal volume of seawater.[\[note 3\]](#cite_note-19)

Smaller waves were recorded on tidal gauges as far away as the [English Channel](/wiki/English_Channel "English Channel").[\[17\]](#cite_note-press-20) These occurred too soon to be remnants of the initial tsunamis and may have been caused by concussive air waves from the eruption. These air waves circled the globe several times and were still detectable on barographs five days later.[\[18\]](#cite_note-tsunamis-21)

##### Pyroclastic flows and tephra

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[![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Rhyodacite_pumice_%28late_August_1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa_Volcano%2C_Indonesia%3B_collected_at_Takwa_Beach%2C_coastal_Kenya%2C_eastern_Africa%29_1.jpg/220px-Rhyodacite_pumice_%28late_August_1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa_Volcano%2C_Indonesia%3B_collected_at_Takwa_Beach%2C_coastal_Kenya%2C_eastern_Africa%29_1.jpg)](/wiki/File:Rhyodacite_pumice_(late_August_1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa_Volcano,_Indonesia;_collected_at_Takwa_Beach,_coastal_Kenya,_eastern_Africa)_1.jpg) [Rhyodacite](/wiki/Rhyodacite "Rhyodacite") [pumice](/wiki/Pumice "Pumice") from the late August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. This rock floated across the Indian Ocean for almost a year before it washed ashore at [Takwa Beach](/wiki/Manda_Island "Manda Island"), Kenya, East Africa.

About 10% of the eruption fatalities were from hot pyroclastic flows and falling tephra. The pyroclastic flows and surges produced by the third explosion moved faster than 100 km/h (62 mph) and travelled over the sea up to 80 km (50 mi) from the source, affecting an area constrained to a minimum of 4,000 km2 (1,500 sq mi). Pyroclastic deposits thought to be from the flows have been found on Southeast Sumatra, and northwest of the volcano on the islands of Sebesi, Sebuku and Lagoendi, while on Southwest Sumatra the flows burnt victims. [\[19\]](#cite_note-22) They travelled 40 km (25 mi) across the Sunda Strait. Once they hit Southern Sumatra, they incinerated entire villages and burned all vegetation. 2,000 of the corpses in Southern Sumatra appear to have been scorched to death, presumably by the pyroclastic flows. The _Loudon_ and the _W.H. Besse_, at ~65km north-northeast and ~80km east-northeast of Krakatau respectively, were hit by strong winds and tephra. They were farther away than the scorched victims of the hot flows in Sumatra, so the ships and crew survived.[\[20\]](#cite_note-23) The flows had moved across the water on a cushion of superheated steam. There are also indications of submarine pyroclastic flows reaching 15 km (9.3 mi) from the volcano.[\[21\]](#cite_note-SubmarinePyro-24)

An eyewitness enveloped by the outermost edges of the pyroclastic flow described her experience:

> "Suddenly, it became pitch dark. The last thing I saw was the ash being pushed up through the cracks in the floorboards, like a fountain. I turned to my husband and heard him say in dispair ' Where is the knife?' . . . I will cut all our wrists and then we shall be released from our suffering sooner.' The knife could not be found. I felt a heavy pressure, throwing me to the ground. Then it seemed as if all the air was being sucked away and I could not breathe. . . . I felt people rolling over me . . . No sound came from my husband or children . . . I remember thinking, I want to . . . go outside . . . . but I could not straighten my back . . . I tottered, doubled up, to the door . . . I forced myself through the opening . . . I tripped and fell. I realized the ash was hot and I tried to protect my face with my hands. The hot bite of the pumice pricked like needles . . . Without thinking, I walked hopefully forward. Had I been in my right mind, I would have understood what a dangerous thing it was to . . . plunge into the hellish darkness . . . I ran up against . . . branches and did not even think of avoiding them. I entangled myself more and more . . . My hair got caught up . . . I noticed for the first time that \[my\] skin was hanging off everywhere, thick and moist from the ash stuck to it. Thinking it must be dirty, I wanted to pull bits of skin off, but that was still more painful . . . I did not know I had been burnt." — Mrs. Beyerinck (of Ketimbang)[\[22\]](#cite_note-Scarth1999-25)

An estimated 20 cubic kilometres of tephra was deposited, some of which fell 2,500 km away.[\[23\]](#cite_note-26)
Ash was propelled to an estimated height of 80 km (50 mi). It is estimated that as much as 18–21 km3 (4.3–5.0 cu mi) of [ignimbrite](/wiki/Ignimbrite "Ignimbrite") were deposited over 1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi).
Around noon on 27 August 1883, a rain of hot ash fell around Ketimbang (now Katibung in [Lampung](/wiki/Lampung "Lampung") Province) in Sumatra, known as ‘The Burning Ashes of Ketimbang’, killing approximately 1,000 people in Sumatra. [\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12)

## Aftermath

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The combination of [pyroclastic flows](/wiki/Pyroclastic_flows "Pyroclastic flows"), volcanic ash, and tsunamis associated with the Krakatoa eruptions had disastrous regional consequences. The tsunamis had destroyed all signs of human settlement where they struck.[\[24\]](#cite_note-27) Some land in [Banten](/wiki/Banten "Banten"), approximately 80 km south, was never repopulated; it reverted to jungle and is now the [Ujung Kulon National Park](/wiki/Ujung_Kulon_National_Park "Ujung Kulon National Park"). Huge fields of floating pumice were reported for months after the event.[\[25\]](#cite_note-28) There are numerous reports of groups of human [skeletons](/wiki/Skeleton "Skeleton") floating across the [Indian Ocean](/wiki/Indian_Ocean "Indian Ocean") on rafts of volcanic pumice and washing up on the east coast of Africa up to a year after the eruption.[\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12): 297–298

### Geographic effects

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In the aftermath of the eruption, it was found that Krakatoa had almost entirely disappeared, except for the southern third. Much of the Rakata cone had been sheared away, leaving behind a 250-metre (820 ft) cliff. Of the northern two-thirds of the island, only a rocky islet named Bootsmansrots (' [Bosun](/wiki/Bosun "Bosun")'s Rock'), a fragment of Danan, was left; [Poolsche Hoed](/wiki/Poolsche_Hoed "Poolsche Hoed") had disappeared.

The huge amount of material the volcano deposited drastically altered the ocean floor. The huge amount of ignimbrite deposits largely filled the 30–40 m (98–131 ft) deep basin around the mountain. The land masses of [Verlaten](/wiki/Verlaten "Verlaten") and [Lang](/wiki/Lang_Island "Lang Island") islands were increased, as was the western part of the remnant of Rakata. Much of this gained material quickly eroded, but volcanic ash remains a significant part of the geological composition of these islands. The basin was 100 m (330 ft) deep before the eruption, and 200–300 m (660–980 ft) after.[\[26\]](#cite_note-29)

Two nearby [sandbanks](/wiki/Sandbank "Sandbank") (called [Steers](/wiki/Steers_(island) "Steers (island)") and [Calmeyer](/wiki/Calmeyer "Calmeyer") after the two naval officers who investigated them) were built up into islands by ashfall, but the sea later washed them away. Seawater on hot volcanic deposits on Steers and Calmeyer had caused steam to rise, which some mistook for a continued eruption.

### Global climate

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The eruption caused a [volcanic winter](/wiki/Volcanic_winter "Volcanic winter").[\[27\]](#cite_note-30) In the year following the eruption, average Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures fell by 0.4 °C (0.72 °F).[\[28\]](#cite_note-Explosive-31) The record rainfall that hit [Southern California](/wiki/Southern_California "Southern California") during the [water year](/wiki/Water_year "Water year") from July 1883 to June 1884 – [Los Angeles](/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles") received 970 millimetres (38.18 in) and [San Diego](/wiki/San_Diego "San Diego") 660 millimetres (25.97 in)[\[29\]](#cite_note-32) – has been attributed to the Krakatoa eruption.[\[30\]](#cite_note-33) There was no [El Niño](/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o "El Niño") during that period as is usual when heavy rain occurs in Southern California,[\[31\]](#cite_note-34) but many scientists doubt that there was a causal relationship.[\[32\]](#cite_note-35)\[ _[failed verification](/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability "Wikipedia:Verifiability")_\]

The eruption injected a tremendous amount of [sulphur dioxide](/wiki/Sulphur_dioxide "Sulphur dioxide") (SO2) gas high into the [stratosphere](/wiki/Stratosphere "Stratosphere"), which was subsequently transported by high-level winds all over the planet. This led to a global increase in [sulphuric acid](/wiki/Sulphuric_acid "Sulphuric acid") (H2SO4) concentration in high-level [cirrus clouds](/wiki/Cirrus_cloud "Cirrus cloud"). The resulting increase in [cloud reflectivity](/wiki/Cloud_albedo "Cloud albedo") (or [albedo](/wiki/Albedo "Albedo")) reflected more incoming light from the sun than usual and cooled the entire planet until the sulphur fell to the ground as [acid precipitation](/wiki/Acid_precipitation "Acid precipitation").[\[33\]](#cite_note-36)

### Global optical effects

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The 1883 Krakatoa eruption darkened the sky worldwide for years afterwards and produced spectacular sunsets worldwide for many months. British artist [William Ascroft](/wiki/William_Ascroft "William Ascroft") made thousands of colour sketches of the red sunsets halfway around the world from Krakatoa in the years after the eruption. The ash caused "such vivid red sunsets that fire engines were called out in [New York](/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"), [Poughkeepsie](/wiki/Poughkeepsie "Poughkeepsie"), and [New Haven](/wiki/New_Haven "New Haven") to quench the apparent conflagration".[\[34\]](#cite_note-autogenerated1-37) This eruption also produced a [Bishop's Ring](/wiki/Bishop%27s_Ring "Bishop's Ring") around the sun by day, and a volcanic purple light at twilight. In 2004, an astronomer proposed the idea that the red sky shown in [Edvard Munch](/wiki/Edvard_Munch "Edvard Munch")'s 1893 painting _[The Scream](/wiki/The_Scream "The Scream")_ is an accurate depiction of the sky over Norway after the eruption.[\[35\]](#cite_note-38)

Weather watchers of the time tracked and mapped the effects on the sky. They labelled the phenomenon the "equatorial smoke stream".[\[36\]](#cite_note-39) This was the first identification of what is known today as the [jet stream](/wiki/Jet_stream "Jet stream").[\[37\]](#cite_note-40) For several years following the eruption, it was reported that the moon appeared to be blue and sometimes green. This was because some ash clouds were filled with particles about 1 [μm](/wiki/%CE%9Cm "Μm") wide – the right size to strongly scatter red light while allowing other colours to pass. White moonbeams shining through the clouds emerged blue and sometimes green. People also saw lavender suns and, for the first time, recorded [noctilucent clouds](/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud "Noctilucent cloud").[\[34\]](#cite_note-autogenerated1-37)

### Death toll

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The official reported death toll was 36,417.[\[38\]](#cite_note-DeathToll-41) There were no survivors from the 3,000 people on the island of [Sebesi](/wiki/Sebesi "Sebesi").[\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12): 297–298

Official death toll[\[38\]](#cite_note-DeathToll-41)LocationDeaths
[Banten](/wiki/Banten "Banten")21,565
[Lampung](/wiki/Lampung "Lampung")12,466
[Batavia](/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies "Batavia, Dutch East Indies")2,350
[Bengkulu](/wiki/Bengkulu "Bengkulu")34
[West Java](/wiki/West_Java "West Java")2
Total36,417

### Later activity

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Although the violent phase of the 1883 eruption was over by the late afternoon of 27 August, after light returned by 29 August, reports continued for months that Krakatoa was still in eruption. [Verbeek’s](/wiki/Rogier_Verbeek "Rogier Verbeek") committee's earliest duties were to determine if this was true and verify reports of other volcanoes erupting on Java and Sumatra. In general, these were found to be false. Small eruptions, mostly of mud, continued into October 1883. Verbeek discounted any claims of Krakatoa still erupting after mid-October due to steaming of hot material, landslides due to heavy monsoon rains that season, and "hallucinations due to electrical activity" seen from a distance.[\[39\]](#cite_note-42)

No signs of further activity were seen until 1913 when an eruption was reported. An investigation could find no evidence the volcano was awakening. It was determined that what had been mistaken for renewed activity had been a major landslide (possibly the one which formed the second arc to Rakata's cliff).

Examinations after 1930 of [bathymetric](/wiki/Bathymetric "Bathymetric") charts made in 1919 show evidence of a bulge indicative of [magma](/wiki/Magma "Magma") near the surface at the site that became [Anak Krakatau](/wiki/Krakatoa#Anak_Krakatau "Krakatoa").

## Possible causes

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The fate of northern Krakatoa has been the subject of some dispute among geologists. It was initially proposed that the island had been blown apart by the force of the eruption. Most of the material deposited by the volcano is magmatic in origin, and the caldera formed by the eruption is not extensively filled with deposits from the 1883 eruption. This indicates that the island subsided into an empty [magma chamber](/wiki/Magma_chamber "Magma chamber") at the end of the eruption sequence rather than having been destroyed during the eruptions.

Based on the findings of contemporary investigators, the established hypotheses assume that part of the island subsided before the first explosions on the morning of 27 August. This forced the volcano's vents to be below sea level, causing:

- Major flooding which created a series of [phreatic explosions](/wiki/Phreatic_eruption "Phreatic eruption") (interaction of ground water and magma).
- Seawater to cool the [magma](/wiki/Magma "Magma") enough for it to crust over and produce a "pressure cooker" effect that was relieved only when explosive pressures were reached.

Geological evidence does not support the assumption that only subsidence before the explosion was the cause. For instance, the pumice and ignimbrite deposits are not of a kind consistent with a magma-seawater interaction. These findings have led to other hypotheses:

- an underwater land slump or partial subsidence suddenly exposed the highly pressurized magma chamber, opening a pathway for seawater to enter the magma chamber and setting the stage for a magma-seawater interaction.
- the final explosions may have been caused by [magma mixing](/wiki/Igneous_differentiation#Magma_mixing "Igneous differentiation"): a sudden infusion of hot basaltic magma into the cooler and lighter magma in the chamber below the volcano. This would have resulted in a rapid and unsustainable increase in pressure, leading to a cataclysmic explosion. Evidence for this theory is the existence of pumice consisting of light and dark material, the dark material being of much hotter origin. Such material reportedly is less than five per cent of the content of the Krakatoa ignimbrite, and some investigators have rejected this as a prime cause of the 27 August explosions.

Numerical model of hydrovolcanic explosion of Krakatoa and Tsunami generation

A numerical model for a Krakatoa hydrovolcanic explosion and the resulting tsunami was described by [Mader](/wiki/Charles_L._Mader "Charles L. Mader") & Gittings, in 2006.[\[40\]](#cite_note-43) A high wall of water is formed that is initially higher than 100 metres driven by the shocked water, basalt, and air.

## In popular culture

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- The explosion has been theorized to be a source of inspiration for [Edvard Munch](/wiki/Edvard_Munch "Edvard Munch")'s 1893 painting _[The Scream](/wiki/The_Scream "The Scream")_. The reddish sky in the background is the artist's memory of the effects of the powerful volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, which deeply tinted sunset skies red in parts of the Western hemisphere for months during 1883 and 1884, about a decade before Munch painted _The Scream_.[\[41\]](#cite_note-44)
- The Season 2, Episode 11 episode of the anthology series _[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction](/wiki/Beyond_Belief:_Fact_or_Fiction "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction")_, first aired on 1 May 1998, featured a segment titled "The Scoop", covering the story of a reporter who received a mysterious premonition about the eruption in a dream, leading him to write an article about the eruption before it had even happened.
- In the 1947 children's novel [_The Twenty-One Balloons_](/wiki/The_Twenty-One_Balloons "The Twenty-One Balloons") by [William Pène du Bois](/wiki/William_P%C3%A8ne_du_Bois "William Pène du Bois"), the book's climax features the eruption, with the characters escaping on a floating platform as the eruption destroys the island.

## See also

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- [![icon](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Spaccato_vulcano.svg/30px-Spaccato_vulcano.svg.png)](/wiki/File:Spaccato_vulcano.svg)[Volcanoes portal](/wiki/Portal:Volcanoes "Portal:Volcanoes")
- ![flag](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png)[Indonesia portal](/wiki/Portal:Indonesia "Portal:Indonesia")

- [2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami](/wiki/2022_Hunga_Tonga%E2%80%93Hunga_Ha%CA%BBapai_eruption_and_tsunami "2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami") \- Similar sized eruption in 2022
- _[Fair Wind to Java](/wiki/Fair_Wind_to_Java "Fair Wind to Java")_
- _[Krakatit](/wiki/Krakatit "Krakatit")_
- [Krakatoa documentary and historical materials](/wiki/Krakatoa_documentary_and_historical_materials "Krakatoa documentary and historical materials")
- _[Krakatoa, East of Java](/wiki/Krakatoa,_East_of_Java "Krakatoa, East of Java")_
- [List of natural disasters by death toll](/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters_by_death_toll "List of natural disasters by death toll")
- [List of volcanoes in Indonesia](/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Indonesia "List of volcanoes in Indonesia")
- _[The Devil at 4 O'Clock](/wiki/The_Devil_at_4_O%27Clock "The Devil at 4 O'Clock")_
- [Vog](/wiki/Vog "Vog")

## Notes

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)**A spike of more than 21⁄2 inches of mercury (ca 85 hPa) is equal to approximately 180 [dBSPL](/wiki/DBSPL "DBSPL"); to compare this impact, the human threshold for pain is 134 [decibels](/wiki/Decibel "Decibel") (dBSPL); and short-term hearing effect damage can occur at 120 dBSPL;[\[12\]](#cite_note-winchester-12): 219
2. **[^](#cite_ref-16)**A documentary film showed tests made by a research team at the [University of Kiel](/wiki/University_of_Kiel "University of Kiel"), Germany, of pyroclastic flows moving over the water. See Freundt, Armin (2002). ["Entrance of hot pyroclastic flows into the sea: experimental observations"](http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14575991). _Bulletin of Volcanology_. **65** (2–3): 144–164. [Bibcode](/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier) "Bibcode (identifier)"): [2002BVol...65..144F](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002BVol...65..144F). [doi](/wiki/Doi_(identifier) "Doi (identifier)"): [10.1007/s00445-002-0250-1](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00445-002-0250-1). [S2CID](/wiki/S2CID_(identifier) "S2CID (identifier)") [73620085](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73620085). Retrieved 10 April 2012. The tests revealed that hot ash travelled over the water on a cloud of superheated steam, continuing to be a pyroclastic flow after crossing water; the heavy matter precipitated out of the flow shortly after initial contact with the water, creating a tsunami due to the precipitate mass.
3. **[^](#cite_ref-19)**A documentary film showed tests made by a research team at the [University of Kiel](/wiki/University_of_Kiel "University of Kiel"), Germany, of pyroclastic flows moving over the water. See Freundt, Armin (2002). ["Entrance of hot pyroclastic flows into the sea: experimental observations"](http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14575991). _Bulletin of Volcanology_. **65** (2–3): 144–164. [Bibcode](/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier) "Bibcode (identifier)"): [2002BVol...65..144F](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002BVol...65..144F). [doi](/wiki/Doi_(identifier) "Doi (identifier)"): [10.1007/s00445-002-0250-1](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00445-002-0250-1). [S2CID](/wiki/S2CID_(identifier) "S2CID (identifier)") [73620085](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:73620085). Retrieved 10 April 2012. The tests revealed that hot ash travelled over the water on a cloud of superheated steam, continuing to be a pyroclastic flow after crossing water; the heavy matter precipitated out of the flow shortly after initial contact with the water, creating a tsunami due to the precipitate mass.

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