How many people were injured in ad 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

Answer 1

The tectonic plates moved under each other causing the earthquakes in 62AD which carried on for many years until one plate was under the other, the friction was great.

It got so hot because of the friction that one plate melted. The liquid rock that was produced (called magma) underneath the tectonic plate, got so hot that it gave off a poisonous gas that kept pushing and pushing through the volcano until it burst out of the top.

The burst of poisonous gas,

Ash and earth was pushed up in the sky and then the magma was also pushed out by the gas and was also pushed up into the sky. The magma ran down the vast volcano and burnt everything in its path including all greenery

And housing.

The sky was black and the atmosphere was extremely hot and humid, the ground became dry and all the plants perished.

The people of these towns and cities mostly died of the poisonous gas. Over 300,000 people were killed by poisonous gas alone but lots also died from the magma that overflowed from Mount Vesuvius.

Answer 2

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

Answer 3

We don't know how many people were affected by Vesuvius in 79. We don't know the population of the towns nor of the people living in the countryside surrounding the towns. There have been estimates ranging from a low of 2000 people to a whopping figure of 30,000 people and several numbers in between. They are all just guesses.

Answer 4

Mt Vesuvius is a volcano that erupted in 79 AD and destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Read The Dog of Pompeii for more info.

Answer 5

two plates collided causing an earthquake inside Mt Vesuvius which caused it to erupt.

Answer 6

There are not surviving records of such things from the time. Aside from roughly a thousand bodies that have been found, there are no good estimates on the number of casualties.

Answer 7

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius covered the town of Pompeii in piles of ash and the less well known Herculaneum in volcanic mud, suffocating people and preserving their bodies.

Answer 8

I'm sure pleanty of people were 'injured', but no one from the towns below the volcanoe survived the explosion. The all were killed

Answer 9

The city of Pompeii.