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Avellino eruption
2000 BCE · Europe · Disaster
The Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred c. 1995 BC. It is estimated to have had a VEI of 6, making it larger and more catastrophic than Vesuvius's more famous and well-documented 79 AD eruption. It is the source of the Avellino pumice deposits extensively found in the comune of Avellino in Campania.
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