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SANTORINI VOLCANO ERUPTION SCALE IN VOLCANIC EXPLOSIVITY INDEX or VEI

The eruption of Santorini in Greece in 1,650 B.C. was one of the largest (VEI=6) in the last 10,000 years. About 7 cubic miles (30 cubic km) of rhyodacite magma was erupted. The plinian column during the initial phase of the eruption was about 23 miles (36 km) high. The removal of such a large volume of magma caused the volcano to collapse, producing the caldera.

VEI Description Plume Height Volume Classification How often Example
0 non-explosive <100 m1000s m3 Hawaiian dailyKilauea
1 gentle 100-1000 m 10,000s m3 Haw/StromboliandailyStromboli
2 explosive 1-5 km 1,000,000s m3 Strom/VulcanianweeklyGaleras, 1992
3 severe 3-15 km 10,000,000s m3 VulcanianyearlyRuiz, 1985
4 cataclysmic 10-25 km 100,000,000s m3 Vulc/Plinian10's of yearsGalunggung, 1982
5 paroxysmal >25 km 1 km3 Plinian100's of yearsSt. Helens, 1981
6 colossal >25 km 10s km3 Plin/Ultra-Plinian100's of yearsSantorini, 1650 BC
7 super-colossal >25 km 100s km3 Ultra-Plinian1000's of yearsTambora, 1815
8 mega-colossal >25 km 1,000s km3 Ultra-Plinian10,000's of yearsYellowstone, 2 Ma



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