Contrary to popular belief, the Sun doesn't always rise exactly in the east. Only on the equinoxes, in March and September, does it rise due east and set due west, almost everywhere on Earth. The rest of the year, its rising point drifts north-east during the northern summer and south-east during the northern winter, more so the farther you are from the equator.
On 27 August 1883, the eruption of the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa was heard as far away as Rodrigues Island, nearly 4,800 km away. Its pressure wave was picked up by barometers worldwide and circled the globe several times. The tsunamis that followed killed more than 36,000 people.
The deepest known point in the ocean, Challenger Deep, lies roughly 10,900 m below the Pacific surface. Drop Everest in and its summit would still sit about 2 km underwater. Down there, the pressure is more than 1,000 times what you feel at sea level, roughly a tonne pressing on every square centimetre.