Civilizations Destroyed by Volcanoes

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  • 1550 BCE

    Thera

    Thera
    𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌i𝐧𝐨a𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝ownfall was caused by Thera. Sources:
    Information: Lev Lipson
    Photo: https://worldtreasures.org/blog/quick-history-the-thera-eruption
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    Ilopango

    Ilopango
    I𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟒𝟗𝟑 𝐀.𝐃, causing 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 and 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬. Sources:
    Informantion: Jack Krackenberger
    Photo: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lago-de-ilopango-volcan-de-san-vicente-san-salvador-iii-totto-ponce.html

  • Nevado del Ruiz

    Nevado del Ruiz
    𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, which 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. Sources:
    Information: Ian Figliola
    Photo:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevado_del_ruiz_1985.jpg

  • Huaynaputina

    Huaynaputina
    𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐮. 𝐇𝐮𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝟖 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝. Sources:
    Information: Helena Morales
    Photo: https://all-about-volcanoes.weebly.com/huaynaputina.html

  • Laki

    Laki
    𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 that lasted from 𝟏𝟕𝟖𝟑 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟕𝟖𝟒 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 a𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. Sources:
    Information: Henry Del Greco
    Photo: https://www.carsiceland.com/post/laki-volcano

  • Mount Unzen

    Mount Unzen
    𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐅𝐮𝐠𝐞-𝐃𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐮 are all volcanoes that are collectively known as Mount Unzen. Mount 𝐔𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧, 𝐊𝐲𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐮. 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. Sources:
    Information: Collin Parham
    Photo: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00504-unzen-volcano-japan

  • Mount Pelee

    Mount Pelee
    𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟐 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟐 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 left only one survivor. Sources:
    Information: Kai Lipson
    Photo: https://www.easyvoyage.co.uk/martinique/mount-pelee-2298

  • Mount Saint Helens

    Mount Saint Helens
    𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝟓𝟕 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢mb𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 by ash. Sources:
    Information: Jack Riordan
    Photo: https://environment.uw.edu/news/2020/05/then-and-now-the-mount-st-helens-eruption-four-decades-later/

  • Popocatepetl

    Popocatepetl
    𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨. T𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐡. Sources:
    Information: Richard (Hayes) Frith
    Photo: https://matadornetwork.com/read/popocatepetl-volcano-erupted/

  • Chance's Peak

    Chance's Peak
    𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞'𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 on the island of Montserrat, a 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨's eruption killed 17 people. Sources:
    Information: Declan Steckel
    Photo: https://guttedarcades.blogspot.com/2012/09/chances-peak-montserrat.htmlhttps://guttedarcades.blogspot.com/2012/09/chances-peak-montserrat.html

  • Hunga Tonga Honga Ha'apai

    Hunga Tonga Honga Ha'apai
    𝐇u𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐇o𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐇𝐚'𝐚pai 𝐢𝐬 located 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇u𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐓o𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐, 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝟑𝟎𝟎-𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞. 𝟖𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. Sources:
    Information: Ian Martinez
    Photo: https://www.topworldimages.com/Hunga_Tonga-Hunga_Ha%C2%B4apai.htm