Santorini erupted around 1,610 BCE with a Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 7, one of the largest eruptions of the last 10,000 years. Eruptions of this size inject sulphur into the stratosphere and can cool the global climate for a year or more. The VEI is a logarithmic scale: each step means roughly ten times more erupted material. It took place around 1,610 BCE.
Before and after
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,260 BCEMitanni
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,550 BCEFifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,580 BCESixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 1,645 BCEEruption of Aniakchak
- c. 1,610 BCEEruption of Santorini
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,046 BCEShang dynasty
- from c. 1,600 BCE to 1,100 BCEMycenaean Greece
- from c. 1,580 BCE to 1,550 BCESeventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,550 BCE to 1,292 BCEEighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
More in Earth & climate
- c. 1,900 BCEEruption of Black Peak
- c. 1,860 BCEEruption of St. Helens
- c. 1,750 BCEEruption of Veniaminof
- 104 BCEEstablishment of Qumran
- c. 100 BCEEruption of Okmok
- c. 63 CEEruption of Churchill
The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires. You can also browse everything in the 17th century BCE.