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 tsunamis. With a VEI magnitude between 6 and 7, resulting in an …

Oct 23, 2022 · The new effusive eruption from subterminal flank vents on the volcano's upper eastern flank continues. The lava flow that started yesterday remains active. It is being fed by two vents that had opened in succession, one at 3250 m and the other at 2800 m elevation on the upper eastern flank, according to a statement by the National Institute of ...

Thera, Modern Greek Thíra, also called Santorin, or Santoríni, island, southernmost island of the Cyclades (Modern Greek: Kykládes) group, southeastern Greece, in the Aegean Sea, sometimes included in the Southern Sporades group. It constitutes a dímos (municipality) within the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region). Geologically, Thera is the remaining eastern half of …

Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, pronounced [sandoˈrini]), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation / ˈ θ ɪər ə /), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the largest island of a small circular archipelago, which bears the same name and is the remnant of a caldera.

Nov 04, 2022 · Etna volcano eruptions: Near continuously active; some major historic eruptions include 122 BC (large Plinian outbursts that created the small caldera of the "Cratere del Piano"), 1669 AD (devastating flank eruption that destroyed 15 villages and part of Catania), 1787 (Subplinian eruption and one of the most spectacular summit eruptions on ...

The eruptive history of Galeras volcano is now much better established than previously, ... In 1646 BCE, Santorini, then called Thera, had an eruption more powerful than the 1880s eruption at Krakatoa. Currently what was one island is now three with caldera hidden below surface. Risk of tsunami; record of causing one in 1646 BCE. ...

In 1257, a catastrophic eruption occurred at the Samalas volcano on the Indonesian island of Lombok.The event had a probable Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7, making it one of the largest volcanic eruptions during the current Holocene epoch.It left behind a large caldera that contains Lake Segara Anak.Later volcanic activity created more volcanic centres in the caldera, …

Minoan eruption of Santorini. Santorini is part of the Southern Aegean volcanic arc, 140 km north of Crete.The Minoan eruption of Santorini, was the latest eruption and occurred in the first half of the 17th century BC. The eruption was of predominantly rhyodacite composition. The Minoan eruption had four phases. Phase 1 was a white to pink pumice fallout with dispersal …

Oct 12, 2022 · The last major eruption of the most active part of the volcano, beneath the uninhabited black lava islet of Kameni near Santorini, occurred in 1950. The Joides Resolution is capable of recovering ...

contiene immagini o altri file su ; Collegamenti esterni. EN) Articoli sulla Fondazione di Thera sull'archeologia, cronologia, geologia, vulcanologia, ecc. (EN) Santorini Decade Volcano — Geologia di Santorini e storia vulcanica, l'eruzione Minoica e la leggenda di Atlantide.(EN) L'eruzione vulcanic a di Thera (Santorini) e la Cronologia Assoluta dell'età del bronzo egea - …