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Santorini volcano: Freak eruption 1,300 years ago was as violent as 2022 Tonga eruption

A giant layer of pumice and ash found buried underwater in the Santorini caldera indicates an eruption in A.D. 726 was much bigger than previously thought. ....

Perifereia Notiou Aigaiou , Palea Kameni Island , Hellenic Island Arc , Asia Minor , Palea Kameni , Live Science , Volcanic Explosivity Index ,

Underwater Santorini volcano eruption 520,000 years ago was 15 times bigger than record-breaking Tonga eruption

A 500-foot-thick layer of pumice rock on the Mediterranean seabed indicates Santorini volcano ejected 15 times more material than Hunga-Tonga during a previously unknown eruption. ....

Perifereia Notiou Aigaiou , Tim Druitt , Hunga Haapai , Communications Earth Environment , International Ocean Discovery Program , University Of Clermont Auvergne , Tonga Hunga Ha Apai , Clermont Auvergne , Hellenic Island Arc , Late Bronze Age , Ocean Discovery Program ,