Mt. St. Helens Quaking Once Again - Democratic Underground

skooooo

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Sat Oct-09-04 04:04 PM
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Mt. St. Helens Quaking Once Again

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/27/national/main645674.shtml

(AP) Earthquake activity has increased at Mount St. Helens, but scientists said Saturday there was no reason to raise the volcano's alert level.

Scientists said earthquake activity had been low until Friday, indicating molten rock was moving upward with little resistance. By Saturday, however, quakes of magnitude 2.4 were occurring every one to two minutes, they said.

"It's at levels equal to or higher than the Oct. 5 steam and ash eruption," said Jeff Wynn, the U.S. Geological Survey's chief scientist for volcano hazards at Vancouver.

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MaryH

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Sat Oct-09-04 04:20 PM
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1. I just looked at the webcam

It is still raining there. But it said that activity was back up again. A 2.5 earthquake every two minutes.

Can you believe that the dome increased in size 250 feet in just a few days. That is amazing. I always think of earth building as being a really slow process. But I guess a whole lot can change in a very short time.

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murielm99

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Sat Oct-09-04 09:37 PM
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2. When I was a kid I read about Paricutin in Mexico.

I know it is not a huge volcano, but people actually watched it grow in a cornfield. I was fascinated by the story.

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Sat Oct-09-04 09:54 PM
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3. Awesome!

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