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Towns Destroyed By Tephra

Tephra is volcanic ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs or volcanic blocks.

  • Pompeii, Italy in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
  • Herculaneum, Italy in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
  • Sumbawa Island, Indonesia in the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 AD
  • CerĂ©n, El Salvador in the eruption of Ilopango between 410 and 535 AD
  • Plymouth, Montserrat, in 1995. Plymouth was the capital and only port of entry for Montserrat and had to be completely abandoned, along with over half of the island. It is still the de jure capital.

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