Determining the "loudest recorded sound" depends on how you define sound and on which measurements you choose to include.

The loudest underwater sound ever recorded and its effects on the environment. What is ‘scromiting’ or CHS, condition caused ...

How loud can sound really get? The human ear can safely hear up to around 120 decibels. Beyond that, it starts to hurt. At 150 decibels, eardrums can rupture. But history has witnessed sounds far ...