Mount_Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius Mt. Vesuvius The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius happened of 79 AD. It was described by Pliny the Younger. Cities were destroyed because of it, including Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplonti and Stabiae and caused the death of Pliny the Elder among many other people. Before the eruption of 79, earthquakes were disregarded by local residents because they had occurred previously and people were familiar with the disaster. Seneca reports that an earthquake occurred on February 5th, 62. (according to Tacitus) or 63 AD. The earthquake destroyed Pompeii, created ruins in Herculaneum, and caused other minor damage in Nuceria and Naples, where the emperor Nero was performing in the theatre. According to Seneca, the earthquakes lasted for a few days ("non desiit enim assidue fremere Campania") until they weren’t as destructive "but still caused great damage". These swarms of earthquakes probably ocurred at a shallow depth in the Vesuvian area, based on the distribution and the area extent of damages. In the last sentences of this writing, Seneca eruption, earthquakes, pliny, days, several, seneca, pompeii, people, occurred, caused, campania, before, because, area, ad, shaken, reports, oplonti, herculaneum, giants, feature, eruptions, elder, earthquake, earth, disaster, destroyed, damage, been, according, 79, younger, years, writing, wandering