{"id":1197279,"date":"2023-10-27T15:29:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1197279"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T19:29:54","slug":"what-caused-the-volcanic-tsunami-that-devastated-a-greek-island-373-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1197279","title":{"rendered":"What caused the volcanic tsunami that devastated a Greek island 373 years ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> This view from an international volcano monitoring system shows the Kolumbo volcanic crater on the seafloor. (credit: SANTORY )<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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In 1650 CE, the Greek island of Santorini<\/a> was devastated by the eruption of an underwater volcano called Kolumbo<\/a>. People first noticed the water boiling and changing color and a cone poking out of the surface of the sea. Next came ejected glowing rocks, fire and lightning, fumes of thick smoke, falling pumice and ash, earthquakes, and a powerful tsunami with waves as high as 20 meters. All this eruptive activity killed around 70 people and hundreds of cattle.<\/p>\n

These details are based on contemporary accounts compiled by French geologist Ferdinand A. Fouqu\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0in 1879. A team of German and Greek scientists has now combined that historical knowledge with 3D seismic mapping and computer simulations to determine why the volcano’s violent eruption triggered a tsunami. According to a new paper<\/a> published in the journal Nature Communications, the tsunami resulted from a landslide followed by the volcanic explosion.<\/p>\n

Located some 8 kilometers northeast of Santorini, Kolumbo also erupted around 1630 BCE<\/a> with catastrophic consequences for ancient Minoan culture. Today, the volcano boasts sulfide-sulfate hydrothermal vents that are home to some rare species of microorganisms typically not found elsewhere near hydrothermal vents. And it remains active<\/a> and potentially dangerous: A previously unknown magma chamber was discovered last year<\/a> and is growing at a rate of around 4 million cubic meters per year. At that rate, the chamber will reach the same volume as the amount of magma ejected in the 1650 eruption within the next 150 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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