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Did you know that Vesuvius is actually dwarfed by a much larger 'super-volcano'? It apparently is underneath the city plus the gulf, including some of the isles like Ischia. That is the real scare for local volcanologists. Btw, Herculaneum suffered a quake in 62ADS then the infamous eruption 17 years later. A cursed town.
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