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How did vesuvius erupt?

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∙ 16y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The natives of Pompeii and Herculaneum thought that the Roman gods were showing their anger at the people and that their world was ending. The scientific explanation is that two plates directly under Vesuvius collided, creating an earthquake inside the volcano, which caused it to erupt.

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