Multiple choice general knowledge

When was the earliest recorded scientific account of a volcanic eruption?

  1. 79 AD.

  2. 1602 AD.

  3. 1247 AD.

  4. 2000 BC

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Explanation

The earliest recorded scientific account of a volcanic eruption was by Pliny the Younger, who documented the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.