This eruption, like the famous Krakatoa eruption in 1883, was so powerful that it created a huge crater, or caldera, and sent ash and gases high into the atmosphere. It wasn’t just about the ...

Phreatic eruptions also took place during the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883, which killed 40,000 people. Survivors of the 1963 eruption on the last time Mount Agung ...

Orange lava is hotter than red. According to the United States Geological Survey, the deadliest eruption in recent history was Krakatoa in 1883. The major cause of destruction was not lava or ...

Tambora, in 1815, resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000 people directly from the blast, and tens of millions due to ...