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Mt. St. Helens remained dormant from its last period of activity in the 1840s and 1850s until March 1980. Several small earthquakes beginning as early as March 15, 1980, indicated that magma may have been moving below the volcano. Then on March 18 at 3:45 p.m. Pacific Standard Time a shallow Richter magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered below the volcano's north flank, signaled the volcano's violent return from 123 years of hibernation. A gradually building earthquake swarm saturated area seismographs and started to climax at about noon on March 25, reaching peak levels in the next two days, including an earthquake registering 4.5 on the Richter scale. A total of 174 shocks of magnitude 2.6 or greater were recorded during those two days. At 12:36 p.m. on March 27 1980, at least one but possibly two nearly simultaneous phreatic eruptions (exploding groundwater-derived steam) ejected and smashed rock from within the old summit crater, excavating a new crater 250 feet (76 m) wide and sending an ash column about 7,000 feet (2,100 m) into the air.[10] By this date, a 16,000-foot (4,900 m) long, east-trending fracture system had also developed across the summit area.
The largest eruption took place on May 18 when a land slide exposed magma and pyroclastic flow material passed up the moving avalanche and spread outward, devastating a fan-shaped area 23 miles (37 km) across and 19 miles (30 km) long. In all, about 230 square miles (600 km²) of forest were knocked down.
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Where was the Mount St. Helens eruption?
The Mount St. Helens eruption occurred in Washington state, in the western United States.
How many deaths occured in the mount St Helens eruptions?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens killed 57 people.
What is the name of the peak that had a powerful eruption in 1980?
Mount St. Helens in Washington state had a powerful eruption on May 18, 1980.
What is the vei rating of mt st Helens?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens was a VEI 5.
When did mount etna and mount st Helens erupt last?
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 lasted for 9 hours
Where was the Mount St. Helens eruption?
The Mount St. Helens eruption occurred in Washington state, in the western United States.
What was mt st Helens most famous eruption?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
How many deaths occured in the mount St Helens eruptions?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens killed 57 people.
What is the name of the peak that had a powerful eruption in 1980?
Mount St. Helens in Washington state had a powerful eruption on May 18, 1980.
What was the latest eruption of Mount St. Helens?
The latest eruption was in 2008.
What was the physical destruction of Mount St Helens eruption?
Just that. A volcanic eruption
What is the vei rating of mt st Helens?
The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens was a VEI 5.
When did mount etna and mount st Helens erupt last?
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 lasted for 9 hours
When was the Mount St. Helens eruption?
May 18th, 1980
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On what day and at what time did the 1980 eruption happen?
on the mnt st helens eruption in 1980 it was may 18th at 8:30 am
In 1980 this Washington state mountain gave North America it and largest volcanic eruption?
Mount St. Helens produced a large eruption in 1980. However, it was not the largest recorded eruption in North America. That title goes to the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska.
