If a Deaf person stands next to the loudest noise in the world, they would die just like any other person would. Did I say die? I meant that they would be pulverized.
The loudest sound ever produced in recorded history came about due to the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883. It is estimated to have made a sound equivalent to 310 dB.
It was so loud, that it could be heard 3100 miles away, 4 hours later! That’s like hearing something that happened in California from New York.
It was directly responsible for the death of more than 36,000 people all over the world.
It created a gigantic tsunami that destroyed hundreds of boats and killed thousands of people.
It cooled the Earth and affected the weather for 5 years.
Let’s put this into perspective.
The nearest location that could record the explosion was 100 miles away, and measured the sound at 170 decibels. At that level, it sounds like a piece of dynamite exploding in your face.
At 190 dB, sound waves become shock waves. You can experience permanent hearing loss or become Deaf due to your eardrums rupturing
At 202 dB there is a chance that you can die from the shock.
235 dB is equivalent to 31,624 tons of TNT exploding in your face.
248 dB is equivalent to the sound that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki made.
286 dB is the equivalent of the sound Mt. Saint Helens made during its eruption in 1980.
The sound Krakatoa made was a whopping 310 dB.
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