The eruption of 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum under metres of pumice and ash. Vesuvius has been quiet since 1944, but roughly three million people now live within the zone its pyroclastic flows could reach.
Erupted in the 20th century
Stratovolcano · Phono-tephrite
0 events in 90 days
Seismicity within 50 km radius, active VAAC ash plumes, and tectonic plate boundaries.
No catalogued earthquakes within 50 km in the last 90 days.
Vesuvius is an active Stratovolcano formed in an active Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km). Dominant lithology: Phono-tephrite.
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Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Smithsonian GVP profile