Why are so many ancient Mediterranean costal cities found below water after a tsunami or volcanic eruption and not buried under rock and silt or Ash like Pompeii?

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Why are so many ancient Mediterranean costal cities found below water after a tsunami or volcanic eruption and not buried under rock and silt or Ash like Pompeii?

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Earthquakes are more common in the Mediterranean than volcanos and we often see land shift elevation during an earthquake. We also don’t always see the pyrocaustic flow and volume of ash needed to bury a town with all eruptions.