Will Vesuvius erupt? Three million people need to know

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5445, 1999, Pages 1685-1687

  Heiken, Grant ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; NATURAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VOLCANO;

EID: 0033607747     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5445.1685     Document Type: Short Survey

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8. Beginning on 9 October 1999, Vesuvius has experienced a series of earthquakes with hypocenters at about 3-km depth. The focal mechanisms were tectonic (strike-slip), and there was no accompanying ground deformation or change in gas compositions to indicate that the earthquakes were volcanic.