Sascha is a U.K.-based trainee staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southampton in England and a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and the health website Zoe.
An eruption at Santorini volcano 1,300 years ago was far more violent than previously thought, suggesting explosive blasts can occur even in periods of relative quiet, new research shows.
"Historical accounts mention that, during the summer of 726 C.E., the sea within the Santorini caldera began to boil until dense smoke rose and was accompanied by pyroclastic eruptions," researchers wrote in the study. "Large pumice blocks were ejected in such quantity that they covered the sea over an immense area, reaching the coasts of Macedonia and Asia Minor more than 400 km away.
Now, scientists have gleaned the full extent of the 726 eruption and found that it likely blasted from the Kameni vent with a magnitude similar to that of the record-shattering Tonga volcano eruption of 2022, according to the study. "Our finding that the Santorini caldera is capable of producing large explosive eruptions at an early stage in the caldera cycle implies an elevated hazard potential for the eastern Mediterranean region," the researchers wrote.
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