Historic Discovery: Largest Underwater Volcano Eruption in History Uncovered near Japan

Historic Discovery: Largest Underwater Volcano Eruption in History Uncovered near Japan

The underwater volcano Kikai-Akahoya has been responsible for three major eruptions in the last 140,000 years. The last of these happened 7,300 years ago south of the Japanese island of Kyushu, where the Philippine tectonic plate meets the Eurasian plate. The explosion was already known, but now researchers have discovered that it was the largest … Read more