"Unveiling the Largest Underwater Volcanic Eruption 7300 Years Ago"
Scientists have identified the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, the Kikai-Akahoya eruption, which occurred 7,300 years ago south of Japan's Kyushu island. The explosion ejected more than twice as much rock and ash as the previous record-holding eruption, and new research has revealed its record scale, making it the largest eruption of the current geological epoch. The eruption expelled a total volume of 80 to 110 cubic miles of material, making it "probably the largest eruption of the Holocene," a geological period that began 12,000 to 11,500 years ago.
