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    Krakatoa is a volcanic island located between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia that has erupted repeatedly throughout history with disastrous consequences. The most powerful eruption occurred in 1883 and was one of the largest in modern times, ejecting over 25 cubic km of material and generating massive explosions heard over 3,000 miles away. This eruption destroyed two-thirds of Krakatoa island, killed over 36,000 people from volcanic debris and subsequent tsunamis, and had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6. Since 1927, a new island called Anak Krakatau has formed in the same location, though much smaller than the original Krakatoa island.

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    Krakatoa is a volcanic island located between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia that has erupted repeatedly throughout history with disastrous consequences. The most powerful eruption occurred in 1883 and was one of the largest in modern times, ejecting over 25 cubic km of material and generating massive explosions heard over 3,000 miles away. This eruption destroyed two-thirds of Krakatoa island, killed over 36,000 people from volcanic debris and subsequent tsunamis, and had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6. Since 1927, a new island called Anak Krakatau has formed in the same location, though much smaller than the original Krakatoa island.

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    Krakatoa is a volcanic island located between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia that has erupted repeatedly throughout history with disastrous consequences. The most powerful eruption occurred in 1883 and was one of the largest in modern times, ejecting over 25 cubic km of material and generating massive explosions heard over 3,000 miles away. This eruption destroyed two-thirds of Krakatoa island, killed over 36,000 people from volcanic debris and subsequent tsunamis, and had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6. Since 1927, a new island called Anak Krakatau has formed in the same location, though much smaller than the original Krakatoa island.

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    Krakatoa is a volcanic island located between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia that has erupted repeatedly throughout history with disastrous consequences. The most powerful eruption occurred in 1883 and was one of the largest in modern times, ejecting over 25 cubic km of material and generating massive explosions heard over 3,000 miles away. This eruption destroyed two-thirds of Krakatoa island, killed over 36,000 people from volcanic debris and subsequent tsunamis, and had a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6. Since 1927, a new island called Anak Krakatau has formed in the same location, though much smaller than the original Krakatoa island.

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    Krakatoa (Indonesian: Krakatau), also spelled Krakatao or Krakatowa, is a volcanic island in the

    Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The name is used for the island group, the main
    island (also called Rakata), and the volcano as a whole. It has erupted repeatedly, massively, and with
    disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best known eruption culminated in a series
    of massive explosions on August 26 - 27, 1883, which was among the most violent volcanic events in
    modern times. With a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 6[2], it was equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT —
    about 13,000 times the yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 KT) that devastated Hiroshima, Japan.
    The 1883 eruption ejected more than 25 cubic kilometres of rock, ash, and pumice,[3] and generated
    the loudest sound historically reported: the cataclysmic explosion was distinctly heard as far away as
    Perth in Australia approx. 1,930 miles (3,110 km), and the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius approx.
    3,000 miles (5,000 km)[citation needed]. Near Krakatoa, according to official records, 165 villages and
    towns were destroyed and 132 seriously damaged, at least 36,417 (official toll) people died[citation
    needed], and many thousands were injured by the eruption, mostly from the tsunamis that followed the
    explosion.
    The eruption destroyed two-thirds of the island of Krakatoa. Eruptions at the volcano since 1927 have
    built a new island in the same location, called Anak Krakatau (child of Krakatoa).[1]This island has a
    radius of roughly 2 kilometers and a high point around 200 meters above sea level. The original island
    of Krakatoa had a high point at an estimated 2000 meters above sea level and had a radius of
    9 kilometers[citation needed].

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