# Here's what happened to Anak-Krakatoa on tsunami night

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**Created:** [December 29, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-happened-to-anak-krakatoa-on-tsunami-night/826858 "2018-12-29T05:45:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-what-happened-to-anak-krakatoa-on-tsunami-night/826858/1 "2018-12-29T05:45:28Z")

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I heard on BBC News that the mountain’s height before the landslide was about 340 meters, and now it’s 100 meters. No wonder it caused so much carnage.

Here’s a detailed account of what happened, from several perspectives.

> **[Krakatoa volcano (Sunda Strait, Indonesia): eruption & tsunami Dec 2018 -...](https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/krakatoa/2018/dec/eruption-tsunami/updates.html)**
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> On this special page, we will post news about Anak Krakatau's eruption when a large portion of the island collapsed in the evening of 22 Dec 2018 and caused a deadly tsunami on Java's western coast. New reports and material will be added on the top...