The red exclusin zone was 5km where no activity could take place, the blue where some activity (fertilising trees, logging etc.) could take place was about 15km
The blast zone of the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980, covered an area of about 230 square miles. This area experienced devastating destruction, with trees flattened, rivers dammed, and the landscape drastically altered. Areas closest to the volcano were left barren and uninhabitable.
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The blowdown zone of Mount St. Helens, following its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980, extended approximately 230 square miles (600 square kilometers). The force of the eruption produced a lateral blast that knocked down millions of trees and flattened vegetation in the surrounding area. This devastation was primarily concentrated in the north and northeast directions, where the effects of the blast were most severe. The event significantly altered the landscape and ecosystem of the region.
The crater at Mount St. Helens is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) in diameter. It was created during the catastrophic eruption in 1980, which also caused the summit of the mountain to collapse.
The eruptive effects were felt worldwide for a full year after the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. There was enough carbon dioxide as well as sulfur dioxide erupted from the volcano that it was able to measurably reduce global temperatures by 1.5 degrees. The heaviest impacted area from the eruption was the area directly to the north that was part of the blow down zone following the lateral blast from the volcano. There was also however a big impact on the central United States due to the ash fall that killed crops and injured live stock.
About 2 cubic km of material was erupted. About the size of the Mt St Helens eruption in 1980.
yes it is, it erupted because of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake about 1 mile beneath the volcano, it killed 57 people and 7,000 big game animals.
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closest big town to the Mt St Helens National Monument & visitor center is Longview WA.
the magma couldn't get to the top so it formed a big bulge on the side, no one was expecting it when it eruped out of the side on the 18th of may 1980. it threw stones miles outwards destroying everything in its path.
mt st. helens
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On Big Island, Hawaii.
The blast zone of the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980, covered an area of about 230 square miles. This area experienced devastating destruction, with trees flattened, rivers dammed, and the landscape drastically altered. Areas closest to the volcano were left barren and uninhabitable.
96 miles
11 times there have been big eruptions
Little People Big World - 2006 Conquering Mount St- Helens was released on: USA: 19 March 2013