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the Truth is a 6 mile chamber of magma underneath the volcano had pressure built and blew the top extrusive igneous rock of and not only produced a nuee ardente cloud (a fast moving cloud filled with magma and ash) but also a pyroclastic flow. that is what destroyed pompeii

Actually it was a sequence of previous earthquakes that occurred 17 years before.

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The Mt. Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. was one of the most catastrophic natural events in human history. It created a cloud of volcanic gas, stones, and ash that reached 20.5 miles in height, and reached as far as Miseno, Italy which is approximately 14 miles away.

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24th of August AD 79

also the eruption was the most explosive

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