Mount Vesuvius is the result of the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.
The name of the volcano that erupted in Pompeii name is Vesuvius.
it erupted for nine whole hours since the afternoon when the eruption started. the next morning Vesuvius was completely damaged and Pompeii was no more.
Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a thick blanket of volcanic ash and pumice. The eruption is one of the most famous and deadliest in history.
Mount Vesuvius wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD79. It has erupted fifty times since then. Over a million people are now living in its vicinity.http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_webcam.htm.vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/vesuvio/79_eruption.htmlwww.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html Mount Vesuvius wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD79. It has erupted fifty times since then. Over a million people are now living in its vicinity.http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_webcam.htm.vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/vesuvio/79_eruption.htmlwww.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html
Pliny the Younger provided the only eye witness record of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. He wrote two letters describing the event, which remain valuable sources for understanding the disaster.
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Mt. Vesuvius
The name of the volcano that erupted in Pompeii name is Vesuvius.
Pompeii and Herculaneum were both destroyed in the eruption of Vesuvius, near modern Naples, Italy.
it erupted for nine whole hours since the afternoon when the eruption started. the next morning Vesuvius was completely damaged and Pompeii was no more.
Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a thick blanket of volcanic ash and pumice. The eruption is one of the most famous and deadliest in history.
Mount Vesuvius wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD79. It has erupted fifty times since then. Over a million people are now living in its vicinity.http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_webcam.htm.vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/vesuvio/79_eruption.htmlwww.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html Mount Vesuvius wiped out Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD79. It has erupted fifty times since then. Over a million people are now living in its vicinity.http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_webcam.htm.vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/vesuvio/79_eruption.htmlwww.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html
AD79 was 1933 years ago.
Pliny the Younger provided the only eye witness record of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. He wrote two letters describing the event, which remain valuable sources for understanding the disaster.
The oldest known rocks of Mount Vesivius date to about 25,000 years ago, which is probably when eruptions started.The massive eruption it is known for was in 79 AD, but it also had a lava flow in 1944 that took several towns.
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