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Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius is a volcano located in Italy. It's eruption in AD 79 destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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Major eruptions of Mount Vesuvius occurred in 1631, 1794, and 1944. The 1631 eruption led to significant casualties of around 3,000 people. The eruptions in 1794 and 1944 were less deadly as evacuation measures were implemented, resulting in fewer casualties.
What type of volcano is Mt vesuvius?
Mt. Vesuvius is a stratovolcano (periodic, explosive eruptions and a steep profile) It is a steep conical volcano. Its structure has been built up of solidified lava, pumice, and ash, one layer at a time: a legacy of all the eruptions of the volcano over time. Because of its layered structure, it is also known as a composite volcano, a subtype. Lastly, because it began as a new cone that partially filled, then filled and overflowed an existing caldera), in this particular case, that of Mt. Somma,* it is commonly, though erroneously called, a somma volcano, but the somma volcano is really the structure that underlies the new structure, a sub-subtype.
*This is the namesake of all such volcanoes. Now all volcanoes that spawn new cones, partially filling their calderas, are called, somma volcanoes. When the new cones outgrow the old calderas they are given names of their own. Then, the underlying structure remains the somma volcano.
What volcano caused the most deaths?
The eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815 caused the most deaths in history. It is estimated that around 71,000 people died as a result of the eruption and its aftermath.
What is the history of mt vesuvius?
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano on the Bay of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting. The two other volcanoes in Italy, Etna and Stromboli, are located on islands.
Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the death of 10,000 to 25,000 people. It has erupted many times since and is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive (Plinian) eruptions. It is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world.[1]
Vesuvius has a long historic and literary tradition. It was considered a divinity of the genius type at the time of the eruption of 79 AD: it appears under the inscribed name Vesuvius as a serpent in the decorative frescos of many lararia, or household shrines, surviving from Pompeii. An inscription from Capua[2] to IOVI VESVVIO indicates that he was worshipped as a power of Jupiter; that is, Jupiter Vesuvius.[3]
The historian, Diodorus Siculus, relates a tradition that Hercules, in the performance of his labors, passed through the country of nearby Cumae on his way to Sicily and found there a place called "the Phlegraean Plain" (phlegraion pedion, "plain of fire"), "from a hill which anciently vomited out fire ... now called Vesuvius."[4] It was inhabited by bandits, "the sons of the Earth," who were giants. With the assistance the gods he pacified the region and went on. The facts behind the tradition, if any, remain unknown, as does whether Herculaneum was named after it. An ode by the poet, Martial, in 88 AD suggests that both Venus, patroness of Pompeii, and Hercules were worshipped in the region devastated by the eruption of 79.[5] Whether Hercules was ever considered some sort of patron of the volcano itself is debatable.
How many deaths occured on mount vesuvius volcanic eruption?
It is not known how many people the eruption killed, although around 1,150 bodily remains and casts of bodies in the ash around the city of Pompeii. The remains of about 350 bodies have been found at Herculaneum. However these figures must represent a great underestimation of the total number of deaths over the region affected by the eruption.
What did the people of Herculaneum put on their heads to protect themselves from the eruption?
The people of Herculaneum used caps made of cloth or leather to protect themselves from the volcanic ash and rocks during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. These caps helped shield their heads from the falling debris and intense heat.
Mount Vesuvius is approximately 4203 feet (1281 m) high, and covers an area of approximately 60 square miles just off the Gulf of Naples in SW Italy. The maximum height has changed frequently over the 1900 years since its Plinian eruption in 79 AD destroyed the city of Pompeii.
How did people die in the eruption of Vesuvius?
Many people died in the Vesuvius disaster because they were too stubborn or stupid to leave. Vesuvius didn't just all of a sudden explode. Many historians believe that there were tremors and small earthquakes for weeks before the big bang. The water supply also began to dry up. These were warning signs and many people paid attention to them and did leave. Proof of this is in the population estimate. Pompeii is said to have around 30,000 inhabitants at the most, but only about 1100 bodies have been unearthed so far. This is a small number of the total population, proving that many heeded the warning and got out.
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How many people were saved after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24 79 AD?
Well, since mostly everybody suffocated on ash, I got to say a few lucky ones. More than likely about 1-15...
Where did the dead bodies of Pompeii reserved?
The dead bodies in Pompeii were preserved by the volcanic ash and pumice that covered the city when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The ash quickly cooled and solidified around the bodies, creating casts of the victims when the bodies decomposed.
What is the scientific reason for mount vesuvius' explosion?
The scientific reason for Mt. Vesuvius's eruption, is that pressure on the rocks the closest to the mantle increases when two continental plates collide and push against each other causing the ground to quake, and the rocks to melt and form magma. Then as the magma in the mantle increases the magma rises into the magma chambers. Then the pressure in the magma chambers increases, and it continues to build up until the volcano can't stand the pressure and the volcano erupts, and explodes.
Like many other stratovolcanoes, Mount Vesuvius varies in its type of eruptions. Some eruptions are explosive, producing clouds of ash. Others are are effusive, producing lava flows. The famous eruption that buried Pompeii in the year 79 was a highly explosive Plinian eruption.
What is 1 volcanic explosivity index of grimsvotn?
Grimsvotn volcano, located in Iceland, has had eruptions with a range of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) values. The most recent major eruption in 2011 had a VEI of 4, producing significant ash clouds that disrupted air travel in Europe. However, past eruptions at Grimsvotn have reached VEI 6, making them much larger and more explosive.
What year did Mount Vesuvius eruption devastate pomopiee?
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was devastated by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Why didn't the citizens all leave in ad 79 in Pompeii?
They did, at least the smart ones got out while the getting was good. The eruption was not a sudden unexpected event. There had been warning signs for weeks before the big blast. The ones that remained were the ones who for some reason could not leave or they were simply the type of people who ignored good advise. Proof of the evacuation of the majority of people is in the comparatively low number of bodies found for a town of Pompeii's size.
How many cities were destroyed alongside Pompeii in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
About 200 buildings were destroyed in the eruption.
Why do people live near Mount Vesuvius?
1) Volcanoes provide resources for energy extraction,also known as geothermal resources. This involves heat from the earth's crust is being converted to energy. The big advantages to this type of energy are that it is very clean and the resources are nearly inexhaustible.
2) It will bring more tourism, and more tourism jobs available; this will bring more money in the local economy through: airport tickets, tourism guides/companies, hotels, restaurants and local showbiz companies eg. circus, dance shows etc.
3) More people will come to see the beautiful landscape made by the pyroclastic (molten rocks) and mudflows, which harden overtime. They make great landscape for tourist to sightsee.
4) Though, the ash that comes and shadows over the crops and villages and destroys them, when mudflows hit the crops and farms (and not ash); eventually it becomes a better growth soil for the plants and farmland.
How many people died in the eruption of vesuvius?
More than half of the Pompeii population suffered, if not from suffocating under the stones and ash, most people who stood on the beach awaiting rescue, died from the poisinous gases spewed from Vesuvius.
Is Mount Vesuvius ever going to erupt again?
No. That would be a major news story should it start. Millions of people live in the area around Vesuvius . It is one of the most watched volcanos in the world.
What happened to Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted?
The ruins of Pompeii are world famous. They are located in Italy, southeast of Naples. In 79 AD, the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted and entombed the city in a deep layer of burning hot volcanic ash. Although they lived at the foot of the volcano, the inhabitants ignored the early rumblings and smoke, all of which had happened before. But this time it erupted, spewing out hot deadly ash, not lava, so the people were suffocated and died where they stood, and everything was covered over by a deep layer of hardened ash.
In 1748 the lost city was rediscovered and excavation was started. Visitors can now walk through the streets and houses and see plaster casts of people and dogs, just as they were when they died in their homes. The original bodies were gone after all these years, but the hardened ash had made perfect molds of the bodies, and plaster can be poured into them to create a 'statue' of the person as he died on that day.
What happened during Mount Vesuvius eruption?
It was caused by two tectonic plates. The African and Eurasian plate, by colliding together. It had many eruptions but the most famous one was in 79 A.D. It killed a town called Pompeii in Italy.
How did Mount Vesuvius get its name?
Some of the theories about the origin of the name Vesuvius include: * ** Hercules was son of the god Zeus and Alcmene of Thebes. Zeus was also known as in his aspect as the god of rains and dews. Hercules was thus alternatively known as Huēsou huios (Ὓησου υἱός), "Son of Hues." Transliterating the "ου" as "V" (as is normally done), and the other upsilons (with rough breathing) also by V (rather than the usual "HY") and changing to the Latin nominative ending "us", gives VESVVIVS - Vesuvius. ** From the Oscan word festf which means "smoke". ** From the Proto-Indo-European root ves- = "hearth" This is what I got from wikipedia.
