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Krakatoa On August 28, 1883, the volcano by the name of Krakatua (“Krakatoa”) erupted furiously, literally affecting the whole world. One of the four explosions started at 17”07 Greenwich Time. The Krakatoa volcano, located in the Sunda Strait (40km off the west coast of Indonesia), was formed by the subduction of the Indian-Australian plate under the Eurasian Plate. A black cloud of ash rose 12 miles above Krakatoa. This was the beginning of the first of the four of Krakatoa’s eruption. The fourth raging eruption was the worst of them all. The violent explosion released gases that blasted ash, cinders, pumice, and larger objects upward. The total energy released by the four explosions was equal to