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Minoan eruption

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Thera Eruption Devastates Minoan Civilization

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Thera Eruption Tsunami approx. 1550 BCE

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The Entire Bay of Santorini Is an Active Volcanic Crater

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Volcano Tsunami.mov

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Santorini movie 0001

The Minoan eruption of Thera, also referred to as the Thera eruption, Santorini eruption, or Late Bronze Age eruption, was a major catastrophic volcanic eruption with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6 or 7 and a dense-rock equivalent (DRE) of 60 km3 (14 cu mi), Dated to the mid-second millennium BCE, the eruption was one of the largest volcanic events on Earth in recorded history. It devastated the island of Thera, including the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri and communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with a related earthquake and tsunami.
  • Mountains location 

  • Background 

  • Magnitude 

  • Sequence 

  • Geomorphology 

  • Volcanology 

  • Eruption dating 

  • Ice cores and tree rings 

  • Climatic effects 

  • Minoan civilization 

  • Chinese records 

  • Effect on Egyptian history 

  • The Titanomachy 

  • Atlantis 

  • Book of Exodus 

  • Other settlements 

  • Bicameralism