krakatau eruption on 2010 and the history on the past of "KRAKATOA"

Krakatau mountain, which is located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, is now erupting. Carrying up to 6 November 2010, it has been an increase in volcanic earthquakes reached 101 times. Mount Anak Krakatau eruption occurred along with the eruption of Mount Merapi. Just like a reaction to fellow 'colleagues' - as 21 other volcanoes in Indonesia are now alert status (See: 22 Volcano in Indonesian). Krakatau Mount Merapi as if responding to that now being 'birth. "

The difference with the eruption that occurred at Mount Merapi, which now eruption occurred on Mt Anak Krakatau, according to the Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation eruption just ordinary. A normal activity because it was supposed to do a volcano eruption in order to avoid congestion inside. Positive result, the eruption of the installments to be harmless. On the other hand, as a result of this eruption after eruption, Mount Anak Krakatau will become larger in size.


Mount Anak Krakatoa is a volcano that grew from the rest of the all-powerful eruption of Mount Krakatoa in August 1883. Each year the child becomes higher around 20 feet and 40 feet wider. Another note mentions the addition of high-about 4 cm per year and if calculated, then within 25 years the addition of high Anak Krakatoa reached 7500 inches or 500 feet higher than the previous 25 years. The cause of the high mountains is caused by the material coming out of the belly of the mountain. Currently, the height of Anak Krakatau reach about 230 meters above sea level, while Mount Krakatau previously had 813 meters high above sea level.

Since the current eruption is the normal eruption and no tsunami potential and moreover far from human settlements (in contrast with the Mount Merapi, which is close to settlement), then either the government of Banten and Lampung invite for masyartakat not panic, instead there is an invitation to the community to menontonnnya of distance safe, watching the natural phenomenon of this eruption of Anak Krakatau. Letusana tour manager there hope this time could form the tourist commodity that is able to invite both local and international tourists.

History of Mount Krakatoa eruption

Terdahsyat eruption of Mount Krakatau (Krakatoa) occurred on 26-27 August 1883. As I read in several sources, one of them d Wikipedia.org, the eruption in 1883 was very powerful; hot clouds and the resulting tsunami killed about 36,000 people. Up until December 26, 2004, this is a terdahsyat tsunami in the Indian Ocean region. Cracking noise was heard up in Alice Springs, Australia and the island of Rodrigues near Africa, 4653 miles. Yield estimated at 30,000 times the atomic bomb that was detonated in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

The eruption of Krakatoa caused global climate change. The world was dark for two and a half days due to volcanic ash that covered the atmosphere. The sun was shining dim until next year. Scattering of dust visible in the sky Norway to New York. Noted that the eruption of Krakatoa was the first major disaster in the world after the invention of the telegraph under the sea.

After the eruption and collapse of Mount Krakatoa in 1883, only since in 1927 or roughly 40 years after the eruption of Mount Krakatoa, a volcano that emerged is known as Anak Krakatoa from Ancient Caldera Area, which is still active and still growing in height.