Which Aegean eruption of Thera is rated VEI 7 and linked to the Minoan civilization?

The Aegean eruption of Thera rated VEI 7 and associated with the Minoan civilization was the Minoan eruption.

The eruption occurred on Thera, the volcanic island now known as Santorini, around the second millennium BC. It was a massive Plinian eruption that expelled roughly 28–41 cubic kilometres of dense-rock-equivalent material and reshaped the island by forming its famous caldera. Its deposits are found across the eastern Mediterranean.

The eruption devastated the settlement at Akrotiri and affected communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands. Earthquakes, tsunami waves, ashfall, and wider environmental disruption reached the coast of Crete and other parts of the Aegean. Its association with the Minoan world explains the name, although the eruption’s exact date remains debated.

It is often called the Thera eruption or Santorini eruption, so those names describe the same event. The alternative options are different eruptions: Hatepe and Taupō concern New Zealand, while Avellino concerns Italy.