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    Geography study on the differences Between the volcanoes MT st Helens and Kilauea Kilauea is a volcano in the Hawaiian Islands it is one of the five shield volcanoes in the Hawaiian language Kilauea means spewing or spreading. Mt St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Washington it is named after British diplomat lord st Helens. There are many differences between the volcanoes for example the explosivity of the two volcanoes most recent eruptions are completely different Kilauea is almost

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    In the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption over 57 people died.Valcanic eruptions that cause death are not that rare. In 1812 over 92,000 people died from the Indonesian tambura volcano. The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption included many details common to volcanic eruptions, and disasters and destruction to property and lives that were effected in the region, but the area has recovered in its after math. Some common details of a volcano are, a volcano is a mountain that opens up on top and goes down. In

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    How Mt. Vesuvius is more dangerous than Mt. St. Helens To begin with Mt. Vesuvius was one of the most deadliest volcanoes we’ve ever known. To prove that statement Mt. Vesuvius is the only known active volcano on the mainland of Europe. It is known for the eruption in A.D. 79 that wiped out the city of Pompeii and the city of Herculaneum. The people were just doing their everyday thing, when Mt. Vesuvius which they didn’t even know was a volcano exploded, sending lava flowing towards Pompeii and

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    About fifty-seven people were killed in the Mt. St. Helens eruption. During the past four thousand years, Mt. St. Helens erupts more frequently than other volcanoes in the Cascade Range. Mt. St. Helen’s eruption included many details common to volcanic eruption and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Mt. St. Helens included many details on volcanic eruptions. Volcanoes spew hot, dangerous gasses, ash, and rock

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    Mount St Helens erupted on May 18th,1980. The ash covered everything all the way to the Idaho border. Mount Saint Helens was the biggest volcano in Washington. The eruption was also one of the biggest in a while. So many parents/grandparents in the Washington area remember it. I interviewed my mom to tell me what it was like. When the eruption happened my mom remembers seeing a curtain of ash coming towards Spokane. My mom was working at Ihop when everyone was told to leave early so they could

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    There are 1,900 active volcanoes on Earth (National Geographic, 2016). Mount St. Helens, located in the Cascade Range which stretches across Washington is one of the volcanoes located in The United States. When a volcano erupts it can causes extensive damage in the wilderness and nearby civilizations. To begin, a volcano is a mountain with an opening in the top or side that sometimes sends out rocks, ash, lava, in a sudden eruption (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). A volcano erupts when pressure builds

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    Mount St Helens Volcano 1980 The Eruption Pre May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in the Cascade Range. It is situated in southwestern Washington about 70 km northeast of Portland, Oregon (see Figure 1). Prior to 1980, the last time it erupted is believed to have been in 1857. The first indications of renewed Figure 1: Mount St. Helens location activity in 1980 were observed in the middle of March when earthquakes were detected beneath the volcano. There were many

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    On the morning of May 18, 1980, the United States of America experienced its deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in history. Briefly succeeding a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, an enormous slab of Mount St. Helens northern flank collapsed in a massive debris avalanche. This landslide was the largest to transpire on Earth in recorded history and caused the volcanoes magma system to depressurize. With the cap of the mountain removed, superheated gases and rock fragments blasted through the

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    Mount St Helens Volcano 1980 The Eruption Mount St. Helens is an active volcano in the Cascade Range (see Figure 1) . It is situated in southwestern Washington about 70 km northeast of Portland, Oregon and was formed during four eruptive stages beginning about 275,000 years ago (Crandell, 1987). Prior to Figure 1: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3721266.st 1980, the last time it erupted is believed to have been in 1857. The first indications of renewed activity in 1980 were observed

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    Mt. St. Helens stood out beautifully against the blue sky. The mountain had been rumbling quite a bit the past few days, and geologists were watching it carefully and monitoring vibrations. There had been a series of earthquakes from around March 12, up until present day. Over 170 earthquakes hit that were higher that 2.5 on the Richter scale in that short period of time. The earth shook with an earthquake that hit 5.0 on the Richter scale, at around 8:32 in the morning. That did it. Mount St. Helens

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