Pompeii: Timeline

62   A great earthquake Earthquake

An earthquake is a phenomenon [i] that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energ ... 

 damages cities in Calabria Calabria

Calabria , is a region in southern Italy [i] which occupies the "toe" of the Italian peninsula south of ... 

 including Pompeii.

79   August 24, beginning of eruption of Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a volcano [i] east of Naples [i], Italy [i]. ... 

 which destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum

600   Loma Caldera in El Salvador El Salvador

El Salvador is a country in Central America [i] with a population of approximately 6.9 million people. ... 

 erupts, burying the Mayan village, Joya de Cerén known as the Pompeii of the Americas Americas

he Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere [i] or New World [i] consisting o ... 

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1748   Discovery of ruins of Pompeii