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79
8am - 24th August
- Tremors begin to shake and rumble from Vesuvius
- Slight pumice and pyroclastic matter drift from the volcano
- Buildings begin to get damaged by slight tremors
- birds fly away as a sign of danger
- animals are agitated
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79
1pm
- larger tremors continue to emerge from the volcano
- buildings with terracotta roofs begin to fall
- Pyroclastic matter continues to dust Pompeii
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79
3pm
- Town covered in pyroclastic ash and matter, the sky is blackened
- buildings are in wreckage and begin to turn to rubble.
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79
5pm
Pyroclastic matter begins to fall from the volcano
- lightening strikes and electrical storms begin to start
- volcanic rock (pumice) begins to fall on Pompeii -
79
8pm
leaping flames and rocks are ejected from the volcano, the sky is lit a red-orange, buildings are almost in complete rubble the volcanic cap is almost completely gone, no voices are animals heard in the forum. the town is covered in a much larger amount of pumice. -
79
1am
- Town covered in ash, pyroclastic matter and molten rock
- pyroclastic surges rush like a tsunami towards the forum, completely covering the area in pumice.
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79
6am
- Town completely submerged in ash and pumice
- volcanic tremors continue in the town
- Pompeii is now covered in 4 metres of ash
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Period: 79 to 79
Pompeii erruption