In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 must have felt like something out of a mystery novel.

The eruption of Anak Krakatoa that triggered a deadly tsunami on Saturday has a historic precedent in the eruption of the larger Krakatoa volcano in 1883. At least 429 have died and 1,300 have ...

The eruption of Krakatoa, or Krakatau, in August 1883 was one of the most deadly ... but thousands more were killed by the devastating tsunami. The wall of water, nearly 120 feet tall, was created ...

The August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the deadliest ... Following the December 2018 Anak Krakatoa tsunami, local researchers and I conducted a detailed field survey of the coastline ...

Debris littered a property badly damaged by a tsunami in Carita ... At the peak of the 1883 eruption, which Watson witnessed from August 26 to 28, Krakatoa shot ash 80km into the sky and was ...

On August 26 and 27 1883 ... is an expert on Krakatoa's major eruption, of which he said, many people on Java's coast are still in awe. "They remember that tsunami well," he said.

But “devastating tsunami caused by volcanic eruptions are rare; one of the most famous (and deadly) was caused by the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.” ...

An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Courtesy of Wikipedia On ... The first was at 5:30 a.m., and it triggered a tsunami. The volcano exploded again at 6:44 a.m., creating another ...

At least 222 people have been killed and 843 injured after a tsunami ... Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau) is a new island that emerged in 1927 from Krakatoa volcano. In August 1883, Krakatoa ...