Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a volcano with a history of producing enormous explosive eruptions. Most famously it destroyed Pompeii and several other towns in 79 AD. Today about 3 million people live near the volcano, close enough to be affected by falling ash and pyroclastic flows.

Pompeii is the closest city to Mt Vesuvius

It lasted for 18 hours

The last major eruption of Mount Vesuvius was in 1944, during the Second World War when the Allies were advancing North through Italy. British and American army engineers played a major role in evacuating local people from the area around the mountain, and also in treating the injured and making damaged buildings safe. Since then, Vesuvius has had several very minor 'rumbles', though no real reuptions to speak of.

Because they did not have the same knowledge of a volcano as we do today and could not outrun the eruption. If they weren't killed from the initial eruption, they would be killed by the ash and pumice rock that came pelting down from the sky. It wasn't safe for them to stay in their houses either because the pumice rock would accumulate and cause the house to cave in.

Mount Vesivius is not extinct. It has erupted as recently as 1944.

No. No mountain on Earth is even close to that height. Mount Vesuvius has an elevation of 4,203 feet, less than a mile. The tallest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, is 29,029 feet or 5.5 miles high.

The eruption column of the 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius reach a height of about 20 miles. This was not part of the mountain but a plume of ash and gas.

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At the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 of the Common Era, Vesuvius was largely a vacation spot on the Gulf of Naples for wealthy Roman landowners who had numerous villas in the area. Although the eruption killed all inhabitants in area and surrounding regions and was mentioned in Pliny's writing, the buried city became "lost" to history until 1749 when it was rediscovered by the Spanish engineer Joaquin de Alcubierre. The area around Pompeii was agriculturally rich and the citizens who owned farms became wealthy. Much of the produce was last to commerce. Rome, itself, essentially lost its vacation spot but continued to prosper and grow into the vast Roman Empire. Excavations since have determined that the citizenry of the cities, Pompeii and Herculaneum died from intense heat (482-degrees Fahrenheit) rather than ash. The recovered remains of the cities have provided historians, art historians, sociologists and anthropologists with considerable information about daily life in one of Rome's most prosperous "colonies."

1944

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Mount Vesuvius has experienced eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years. The 79 AD eruption is one of the most well-known ancient eruptions in the world, and may have killed more than 16,000 people.

If you mean Positano, it's located in Campania, in the south-east of Italy, near Naples

i think it is a 100 mile radius

It didn't

400 miles

Capri is an island in the Bay of Naples known for its rugged landscape, upscale shops, and iconic Blue Grotto sea cave. It is a popular destination for tourists seeking stunning views and a glamorous atmosphere.

Mount Vesuvius is near Naples, Italy. Very far from Chicago ;)

It's simple to survive any volcanic eruption; be somewhere else when it happens. For pyroclastic volcanoes like Vesuvius, hopefully many miles away.

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Approximately 2,000 people died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

Your question is impossible to answer because we don't know how many people were there in the first place. We do know that many escaped, probably the majority of residents in the area. I know this answer is vague, but there are no solid numbers.

As with some other eruptions, the magma in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius was different from how may people think about it. It was extremly viscous and had large amounts of gas trapped in it. So, instead of flowing or fountaining out of the volcano, the magma came out explosively. As it was blasted into the air, most of it formed into fine particles fo glass called volcanic ahs, while some of the larger globs formed pumice.

Mount Vesuvius was formed due to the subduction of the African plate beneath the Eurasian plate. This process led to the melting of the mantle, which produced magma that eventually reached the surface, forming the volcano. Over time, the continuous eruption of lava and volcanic ash built up the mountain as we see it today.