According to the book Riscoprire Pompei (Rediscovering Pompeii), Herculaneum was submerged in a flow of “mud and volcanic debris to a depth that reached twenty - two meters [72 feet] near the shore. ”
जब पॉम्पेई रफ़्ता - रफ़्ता दफ़नाया जा रहा था, हर्कलेनीअम पल भर में ग़ायब हो गया ।