[gas_dr]

Krakatoa wasn’t a super volcano? I know it was heard damn near around the world but that is seriously scary that that eruption isn’t a considered all that big. Holy crap.

[KamperKen]

"Krakatoa wasn’t a super volcano?"

Krakatoa is not classed as a super volcano; I believe it was a VEI 6. Tambora which erupted in 1815 and apparently triggered "the year without summer" in 1816 was larger, I believe a VEI 7. I also believe that Tambora is the largest eruption in historic times. The Tambora eruption was heard as far away as Singapore and was heard in Batavia (now Jakarta).

One of the features of the Victorian parlor was the recording barometer and these recorded 7 pulses of the shock wave from the eruption in 1883 that traveled around the world.

[Dead Corpse]

Krakatoa was noted for being explosive, not necessarily how much magma it had to expel as lava and ash.

[21twelve]

I found an old book about Krakatoa. Had all sorts of historical and scientific stuff in it. Amazing watercolors based on descriptions from sailors, etc.

That’s what I was thinking too - it didn’t get a graph on that page!? The tsunami was the neatest thing I thought. It was huge. The book had harbor charts from around the world showing the change in water depth due to the eruption and tsunami. In England even!