Civilizations Destroyed by Volcanoes

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  • 1550 BCE

    Thera

    Thera
    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐’๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œi๐ง๐จa๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ownfall was caused by Thera. Sources:
    Information: Lev Lipson
    Photo: https://worldtreasures.org/blog/quick-history-the-thera-eruption
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    Ilopango

    Ilopango
    I๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฅ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ, ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š. ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘ ๐€.๐ƒ, causing ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž and ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ. 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
    ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š, which ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. Sources:
    Information: Ian Figliola
    Photo:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nevado_del_ruiz_1985.jpg

  • Huaynaputina

    Huaynaputina
    ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ. ๐‡๐ฎ๐š๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐. Sources:
    Information: Helena Morales
    Photo: https://all-about-volcanoes.weebly.com/huaynaputina.html

  • Laki

    Laki
    ๐‹๐š๐ค๐ข ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž that lasted from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ a๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž. Sources:
    Information: Henry Del Greco
    Photo: https://www.carsiceland.com/post/laki-volcano

  • Mount Unzen

    Mount Unzen
    ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐š, ๐…๐ฎ๐ ๐ž-๐ƒ๐š๐ค๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐›๐ฎ are all volcanoes that are collectively known as Mount Unzen. Mount ๐”๐ง๐ณ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง, ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ. ๐ˆ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. Sources:
    Information: Collin Parham
    Photo: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia00504-unzen-volcano-japan

  • Mount Pelee

    Mount Pelee
    ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐›๐›๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ left only one survivor. Sources:
    Information: Kai Lipson
    Photo: https://www.easyvoyage.co.uk/martinique/mount-pelee-2298

  • Mount Saint Helens

    Mount Saint Helens
    ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ. ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ• ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ขmb๐ž๐ซ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ 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
    ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐œ๐จ. T๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ก. Sources:
    Information: Richard (Hayes) Frith
    Photo: https://matadornetwork.com/read/popocatepetl-volcano-erupted/

  • Chance's Peak

    Chance's Peak
    ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ on the island of Montserrat, a ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž๐š๐ง. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐œ๐š๐ง๐จ'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
    ๐‡u๐ง๐ ๐š ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š ๐‡o๐ง๐ ๐š ๐‡๐š'๐špai ๐ข๐ฌ located ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡u๐ง๐ ๐š ๐“o๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž. ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐. Sources:
    Information: Ian Martinez
    Photo: https://www.topworldimages.com/Hunga_Tonga-Hunga_Ha%C2%B4apai.htm