kids mountain krakatau

Starting in 1927 or roughly 40 years after the eruption of Mount Krakatoa, a volcano that emerged is known as Anak Krakatoa caldera of an ancient region that is still active and still growing in height. High growth rate of about 20 inches per month.

Every year it becomes more about 20 feet high and 40 feet wide. Other records mention the high increase of about 4 cm per year and if calculated, then within 25 years of additional tall Rakata child reaches 500 inches or 7500 feet higher than the previous 25 years. The cause of the high mountains due to the material that comes out of the new belly of the mountain. We have reached the height of Anak Krakatau about 230 meters above sea level, while Mount Krakatoa previous height of 813 meters above sea level.

According to Simon Winchester, despite what happened in the first Krakatoa lives very frightening realities of geology, seismic and tectonic in Java and Sumatra, which will ensure that the strange what happens once in a while will happen again. No one knows exactly when the Son of Krakatoa to erupt. Some geologists predict eruptions in will occur between 2015-2083. But the influence of the earthquake in the Indian Ocean base at December 26, 2004 also can not be ignored.

According to Professor Ueda Nakayama one expert Japanese volcano, Anak Krakatau is still relatively safe although there are active and frequent small eruptions, there are only certain times of the tourists are prohibited from approaching the area because of the dangers of spit lava of this volcano. Other experts said there is no plausible theory of Anak Krakatoa erupted that will come back. If there is at least another century or 3 after 2325 AD But clearly, the number of victims caused more awesome than the previous eruption.