Hint: It happened on August 27, 1883. ..A lithograph of the massive 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. (Credit: Parker & Coward 1888/Wikipedia)It was 10:02 AM local time when the sound emerged from the island of Krakatoa, which sits between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It was heard 1,300 miles away in the Andaman and Nicobar islands … Continue reading …The Loudest Sound Ever Heard … →