Loudest Sound Ever?

      I'd have thought the Big Bang, but: how could there have been a big, "Bang" in a vacuum?

     The loudest sound in human History was (officially) the third Krakatoa explosion/eruption.

               https://allthatsinteresting.com/krakatoa-eruption

                                 Clocked in at 310 dB

                  Energy equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT.

@rodman99999   I thought the same...how could there be a "bang" if there was no medium for the sound to travel through.

As well as the old saw "If a tree falls in the woods..........etcetera"

Regards,
barts 

The loudest possible sound in air is 194dB.  Anything more energetic stops producing sound and becomes a shockwave.

Colicky Baby @ 3.30 AM

Ditto on the top fuel dragsters

Words do not do this justice and is something that one must truly experience to comprehend the full impact

This is sound you can feel in your bones or on the soles of your feet coming up through the pavement when walking

If your seats are within 50 yards of the burnout area and start line, at the end of the day your skin and cloths will look like they've been sprinkled with fine pepper but it's just the accumulation of rubber from the tires throughout the day that you don't notice floating through the air

It's fun to watch someone's reaction when you know it's the first time they will experience two top fuelers step on the throttle at the same time