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Earthquakes added to Pompeii’s death toll

Earthquakes during Mount Vesuvius’s eruption in A.D. 79 added to Pompeii’s death toll, causing buildings to collapse and increasing casualties. In the year A.D. 79, huge volcano in southern Italy called Mount Vesuvius erupted suddenly and with great force. This eruption caused one of deadliest natural disasters in ancient history. Volcano released a lot of ash and gas which led…