contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • edit-28 months agoTIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound pressure wave travelled the earth over 3 timesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkTIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound pressure wave travelled the earth over 3 timesen.wikipedia.orgcontentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • edit-28 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
And what exactly is a sound wave if not a pressure wave?