Santorini: 4 years will keep the next volcano explosion
The intense seismic activity in the area of Cyclades In the months of January and February 2025, there was concern for residents and scientists due to the hundreds of vibrations that were marked on a daily basis. While scientists were investigating the phenomenon, the citizens who were experiencing the events, fearing a strong earthquake, but also a possible eruption of the volcano in Santorini.
As scientists noted a few months ago, the seismic sequence did not affect volcanic activity. However, they emphasize that this is something that will certainly happen in the future.
When will the volcano explosion take place in Santorini
« At some point a big explosion will happen, but then there will be no dust, » said Geology professor Costas Papazachos, explaining that the short time between two major explosions was 20,000 years.
Since the last major and devastating explosion occurred during the Minoan era, around 1570 BC, the next one is expected in thousands of years from now.
But Mr. Papazachos also mentioned during this explosion. According to scientific data, the eruption of the Santorini volcano will last 1,260 days – that is, nearly 4 years.
According to scientists, the vibration will not suddenly take place, but we will realize it in time, as the Earth’s outskirts send signs.
« There is an assumption in geology that says that what has happened in the past will happen in the future. That is why we are studying in the old eruptions, « Mr Papazachos added, speaking at a workshop organized by the Department of Geology and the Department of Rural and Surveying Engineers of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
« There is a hole in the caldera, which helps the magma get out of there, » the seismology professor noted.
With regard to the great explosion of 1560 BC. Mr Papazachos emphasized that they were in the measuring climates between 6-7 (the scale is 0-8), resulted in huge amounts of dry material over 60 km and reaching the Turkish side, followed by large earthquakes.
