News Excerpt:
Recently, 400 earthquakes have been recorded under Mount St. Helens since mid-July, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
About Mount St. Helens
- It is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
- It lies 52 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 98 miles south of Seattle.
- The Mount St. Helens major eruption of May 18, 1980, remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history.
- It 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.
