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Mount Vesuvius ( / vɪˈsuːviəs / viss-OO-vee-əs) [ a ] is a somma – stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc.
The volcanism of Italy is due chiefly to the presence, a short distance to the south, of the boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate. Italy is a volcanically active country, containing the only active volcanoes in mainland Europe (while volcanic islands are also present in Greece, in the volcanic arc of the southern Aegean ).
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Italy’s Campi Flegrei super volcano Monday evening, causing mild damage in the town of Pozzuoli, the epicenter, and as far away as the city of Naples, some 20 ...
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. / 40.82139°N 14.44278°E / 40.82139; 14.44278. Buried the Roman settlements of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae. Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in Southern Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, [ 2][ 3] which was one of the deadliest in history.
Campi Flegrei, a large dormant volcano near Naples, has a history of eruptions, and the last one was in 1538. Recently, increased seismic activity and rising land levels have raised concerns among ...
A volcanic eruption in Italy sent people fleeing Wednesday, with many forced to escape the fiery explosion by boat. The Stromboli volcano, located on the island of Stromboli, near Sicily, began ...
It is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, [5] and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps with a current height (July 2024) of 3,369 m (11,053 ft), [2] though this varies with summit eruptions. Over a six-month period in 2021, Etna erupted so much volcanic material that its height increased by approximately 100 ft (30 m), and the ...
Caused a volcanic winter that dropped temperatures by 0.4–0.7°C (or 0.7–1°F) worldwide. The year 1816 AD is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). [ 1] Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest of any on record ...