What on earth vaporised about 2,000 million tonnes of water almost instantaneously?

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Krakatoa in 1883 Feb 04 05, 8:39 AM

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That'll be the one. My source said two cubic kilometres of water, so of course I changed the wording to make looking up the answer a little trickier. I thought someone might guess it though. Feb 04 05, 12:27 PM

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