🌋 Minoan Eruption
The Thera eruption of c. 1600 BCE and its impact on the Mediterranean
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Thera (Santorini), Aegean Sea, Greece
- Date: Circa 1600 BCE; range 1700–1500 BCE
- Magnitude: VEI 6–7; 20–40 cubic kilometers of material ejected
- Impact: Caldera collapse, tsunamis, ashfall across eastern Mediterranean
The Minoan Eruption is a volcanic catastrophe that occurred around 1600 BCE on the island of Thera in ...