Hi All:

Scr*w all that copyright (pay fees) to chat about something in a forum like this. I got your original research riiii...ght here.

Check it out. This here is some Original Research by Yours Truly:

U. S. G E O L O G I C A L S U R V E Y

E A R T H Q U A K E D A T A B A S E

FILE CREATED: Tue Nov 12 05:02:22 2002
Global Search Earthquakes= 21
Catalog Used: NOAA
Date Range: Year: 1878 - 1888 Month: 01/Day: 01 Month: 12/Day: 31
Magnitude Range: 5.0 - 12.0
Data Selection: Significant Earthquakes World Wide (NOAA)

CAT YEAR MO DA ORIG TIME LAT LONG DEP MAGNITUDE IEFM DTSVNWG DIST
NFPO km
TFS

NOAA 1878 01 23 -20.00 -70.30 40 7.90 MsNOAA 7F.. .......
NOAA 1878 04 13 0041 10.30 -66.80 13 5.90 MsNOAA .C.. .......
NOAA 1878 04 19 07 40.80 29.00 6.70 MsNOAA XC.. .......
NOAA 1879 02 11 06 6.50 -3.30 5.70 MsNOAA 8D.. .......
NOAA 1879 04 02 37.50 57.40 15 6.70 MsNOAA 9C.. .......
NOAA 1880 07 29 0240 38.60 27.10 6.70 MsNOAA XC.. .......
NOAA 1880 08 15 1248 -31.60 -71.20 7.70 MsNOAA XF.. .......
NOAA 1881 04 03 1130 38.20 26.20 7.30 MsNOAA EC.. .......
NOAA 1881 09 28 40.60 33.60 6.10 MsNOAA .C.. .......
NOAA 1882 09 07 0750 7.30 -77.80 40 8.00 MsNOAA 9F.. .......
NOAA 1883 10 15 1330 38.40 26.10 7.30 MsNOAA XC.. .......
NOAA 1884 12 25 2108 37.00 -4.00 6.70 MsNOAA EC.. .......
NOAA 1885 08 02 2120 42.70 74.10 15 6.90 MsNOAA XC.. .......
NOAA 1886 08 27 2127 37.00 27.20 100 8.39 MsNOAA EC.. .T.....
NOAA 1887 05 03 30.50 -109.50 7.00 MsNOAA .C.. .......
NOAA 1887 06 08 2335 43.10 76.80 20 7.30 MsNOAA XD.. .......
NOAA 1887 12 16 23.70 102.50 6.80 MsNOAA 9C.. .......
NOAA 1888 11.50 -62.00 150 7.50 MsNOAA .... .......
NOAA 1888 06 13 38.50 119.00 7.50 MsNOAA .C.. .......
NOAA 1888 08 31 1610 -34.50 172.70 7.30 MsNOAA 9D.. .......
NOAA 1888 09 22 10 41.30 43.30 6.10 MsNOAA .C.. .......

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Take note of this particular quake:

NOAA 1882 09 07 0750 7.30 -77.80 40 8.00 MsNOAA 9F.. ....

In particular, take note of the location.

Now check out the link.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/krakatau.html (it's long and may not work in link box).

It is a map of the Krakatau island indicating the date of eruption on 8/26/1883. Note that this area is in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. ==>This location is approximately located at -7.3 S , 105 E.

==>Now for the **** Big Shazzam **** (fireworks 'n stuff going off and drum roll....)

The 9 Sept 1882 Great Mag. 8 earthquake happened antipodal to the Krakatau location (within 2.8 degs) about 1 year before the big eruption at Krakatau.

What this suggests to me is that *Perhaps* energy which was part of the Mag. 8 contributed, by some mechanism, to weakening/opening the undeground lava channels under Krakatau. This led to pressure build up within Krakatau.

Note that 7 of the 12 quakes listed happened in August or September. This suggest that perhaps some external trigger event was the straw that broke the camels back causing the great eruption.

Perhaps this external trigger had something to do with a lunar perigee trip wire or...(fill in with favorite pet theory)...(I think solar would get a mention, etc.).
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Yeah ...I can hear the skeptics talking ...it was just a coincidence...blah blah blah....

Just a few foods for thought,

$.02

Also see:http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp7/asia/question879.html

3. Giant waves reached heights of 40 m above sea level, devastating everything in their path and hurling ashore coral blocks weighing as much as 600 tons.

4. At least 36,417 people were killed, most by the giant sea waves, and 165 coastal villages were destroyed.

5. When the eruption ended only 1/3 of Krakatau, formerly 5x9 km, remained above sea level, and new islands of steaming pumice and ash lay to the north where the sea had been 36 m deep.

6. Every recording barograph in the world ducumented the passage of the airwave, some as many as 7 times as the wave bounced back and forth between the eruption site and its antipodes for 5 days after the explosion.

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