Largest underwater eruption EVER recorded gives birth to an enormous 2,690ft underwater volcano
The largest underwater eruption ever recorded has led to the birth of an enormous 2,690ft underwater volcano off the coast of Madagascar. The volcanic island suddenly appeared in 2018, and stretches up from the seafloor to the east of the island of Mayotte, between the East Africa and Madagascar rifts. Scientists know relatively little about the processes at play deep inside the Earth, but these types of islands help reveal more about the structure and activity. The seismic event that led to the new volcano started on May 10, 2018 and within a few days a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck. It rocked nearby islands and scientists soon realised it had been the result of a new volcanic event under the ocean. To understand more, a number of French governmental institutions, led by the University of Paris, mounted an expedition to the French African territory. They found an undersea mountain that hadn’t been there a few weeks earlier and discovered it required 1.2 cubic miles of lava to f