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Mar 25, 2024 · SCIENCE. The island of Santorini is hiding an explosive secret. Over three thousand years ago, a volcanic eruption ended an ancient civilization. A new study offers clues about what the next...
Feb 6, 2024 · NEWS FEATURE. 06 February 2024. Santorini’s volcanic past: underwater clues reveal giant prehistoric eruption. An expedition that drilled into the sea floor near the famous Greek island found...
Mar 25, 2024 · An eruption at Santorini volcano 1,300 years ago was far larger than previously thought, suggesting explosive blasts can occur even in periods of relative quiet, new research shows....
Aug 2, 2021 · The entire volcano used to be above water, but a violent eruption around 1600 B.C. caused the volcano to cave in partially, forming a lagoon. That particular eruption is famous for potentially...
Mar 25, 2024 · The Santorini volcano is famous worldwide for its enormous eruption that has been linked to the demise of the Minoan civilization and produced the partially submerged caldera that we see today...
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The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis.
It is formed by the subduction of the African tectonic plate underneath the Aegean subplate of the Eurasian tectonic plate, which occurs at a rate of up to 5 cm per year in a northeasterly direction. This subduction causes earthquakes at depths of 150–170 km. [2]
