Ancient Pompei Earthquake

Pompeii was a city of ancient Rome that was buried by the great eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The city was located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius volcano a rich and fertile area. In the year of the eruption it is estimated that the population of Pompeii was about 15,000 people. Ancient Pompeii was a bustling market town, port and industrial center very popular between people from all over the world. The people of Pompeii enjoyed their daily life without imagining the catastrophe that awaited them. In addition to Pompeii, two other cities suffered from this disaster: Herculaneum and Stabiae. These two cities also lay at the side of the volcano and suffered huge consequences.

There have been signs of a coming disaster. The extreme heat underground has dried up streams. Goats and sheep are dropping dead on the mountain, their lungs seared by the poisonous gases. Most alarming of all: Small earthquakes have jolted the city, a sign of growing strain on the land.

All this is evidence that a huge eruption will come at any moment. The people of Pompeii should have evacuated days or even weeks before. But no one understands the signs or not given importance to them. They had already suffered a major earthquake in the year 62, which had partially destroyed the city. In fact, there was still damaged buildings were being restored. However, many

The toxic cloud came more attenuated, and those who died of a horrible agony she suffered, choked by toxic vapors and incandescent. In fact, the entire city seems to have vanished. Pompeii is buried under 12 feet of rock. Within a few decades, Pompeii is all but forgotten, wiped off the face of the Earth. The molds of their bodies testify to this. Men, women, children, animals, some with the image of the horror of the last moment, painfully twisted, trying vainly to escape the deadly cloud. Contemplating the soul, it is overwhelmed by grief and sorrow the sad end of those poor