Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
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Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in Southern Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest in history. Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The event gives its name to the Vesuv
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Volcanic eruption in Italy during the Roman Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD
date created:
2011-02-04T23:03:37Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T03:24:28Z
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