Eruption of 1883

On May 10th, 1883, reports began to come in of clouds of ash 11 kilometers high above Krakatau in Indonesia. These clouds lasted for about two months. These clouds of ash actually impressed the locals, but the volcanoe was about to erupt. The volcanoe finally erupted August 26th, 1883 until August 27th. The eruption was one of the worst in history. The northern two-thirds of the island collapsed, generating a series of pyroclastic flows and large tsunamis. 36,417 people died in the eruption. The eruption had a V.E.I of 6, which is equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT.