Heinz-Murray 2E.book

24 Part I: Land and Language

The explosion was heard 1,500 miles away in Australia and in South India,

and the ash caused atmospheric effects and gorgeous sunsets around the world

for months. Tsunamis moving as fast as air waves churned through the Sunda

Straits and lashed the shores of Sumatra and Java, killing over 30,000 people.

Waves from Krakatau reached Honolulu in 11 hours. It is thought that the

thick ash in the immediate aftermath of the eruption may have muffled the

noise of the explosion for people nearby (though heard quite well in Australia

1,500 miles away) and so failed to warn them of the coming tidal waves.

Map 1.4 Southeast Asia showing volcanism and the Sunda Shelf.

BRUNEI

WAL

LAC

E’S

LINE

CHINA

THAILAND

(BURMA)

CAMBODIA

LAOS

BORNEO

MALAYSIA

SUMATRA

JAVAJJAVAAVA

BALI

PHILIPPINES

MYANMAR

SULAWESI

LLUZONUZON

NATION

ISLAND

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IND
ONESIA
Manila
Hue
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
(Saigon)
Phnom
Penh
Ayutthaya
Pagan Vientiane
Bangkok
Sukhothai
Borodudur
SINGAPORE
Volcano
South
China
Sea
LEGEND
Sunda Shelf
Sunda Shelf
City
MMINDANAOINDANAO
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VIETNAM