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Crete

Map of the eastern Mediterranean showing modeled wave height from a magnitude 7.7 normal fault earthquake sourced offshore of southern Crete.
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Was the AD 365 Mediterranean Earthquake Normal?

by T. Parsons 10 May 202114 September 2022

The great AD 365 earthquake at Crete has implied a locked Hellenic subduction zone that can produce more earthquakes to threaten Mediterranean coastlines. But what if wasn’t a subduction zone event?

Satellite view of Santorini, Greece
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Podcast: Escape from Thera

Liza Lester, staff writer by L. Lester 21 July 20206 March 2026

A colossal volcanic eruption at Santorini, Greece, 3,600 years ago sent the island’s Bronze Age population fleeing for their lives. Where did the people go?

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