This week I decided to take a trip to Italy and visit the great Mt. Vesuvius. Vesuvius is located on the Campanian volcanic arc, a line of volcanoes formed over a subduction zone. The volcano is most famous for its eruption in 79 AD when it destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Today, Mt. Vesuvius remains an active volcano and represents a great danger to surrounding cities even though the last eruption was in 1944. As of right now, Vesuvius only has minor seismic activity however violent activity could resume in the future.
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