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In a big revelation, scientists have uncovered the colossal scale of the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history south of Japan's Kyushu island, a cataclysmic event that shook the earth 7,300 years ago. This earth-shattering blast, known as the Kikai-Akahoya eruption, outstripped all others with its sheer magnitude, ejecting more than double the amount of rock and ash compared to the previous record holder, Indonesia's Mount Tambora in 1815.

The greatest known volcanic eruption, which occurred 7,300 years ago and released more than twice as much rock and ash as the previous record-holding eruption of Indonesias Mount Tambora in 1815,...

The Kikai-Akahoya eruption — the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history — ejected more than 80 cubic miles of volcanic rock and ash off the southwestern coast of Japan 7,300 years ago.

In the heart of the Mediterranean, beneath the waters surrounding the Greek island of Santorini, scientists have made a startling discovery. They have uncovered the remnants of a...

A 500-foot-thick layer of pumice rock on the Mediterranean seabed indicates Santorini volcano ejected 15 times more material than Hunga-Tonga during a previously unknown eruption.

Santorini is known as one of the most beautiful islands in the world — and the volcano that created it is far from dead, scientists warn.

What the scientists of the international oceanographic mission that investigated the active volcanic complex of the island discovered