40 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted, expelling plumes of ash and killing 57 people in the most destructive eruption in modern US history
It was early morning on Mount St. Helens when the volcano shook the Earth. Accompanied by a magnitude 5+ earthquake and a debris avalanche, the eruption changed the future of volcanology.Here are five facts about the stratovolcano.Before erupting, the volcano was 9,677 feetMore than 1,300 feet was taken off the top of the volcano by the historic blast due to the largest landslide in recorded history.Read MoreThe current summit elevation of Mount St.
The blast killed USGS scientist David JohnstonVolcanologist Dr. David Johnston, a dedicated scientist with the United States Geological Survey , was swept away by the eruption.Johnston was one of the first members of the USGS monitoring team to arrive at Mount St. Helens, and was in charge of volcanic-gas studies.
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The devastating 1980 eruption of Mount St. HelensMount St. Helens in Washington state is the most active volcano in the Cascade Range and it is the most likely of the contiguous U.S. volcanoes to erupt in the future. On the morning of May 18, 1980, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck, followed by the largest debris avalanche recorded in history. It resulted in the eruption of Mount St. Helens, leaving the surrounding areas devastated. The Toutle River in Mount St. Helen’s Monument, April 22, 2005, 25 years after the eruption. An aerial view of Mount St. Helens erupting, May 18, 1980.
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