Magma rising in Washington state's Mount St. Helens volcano: USGS (NO eruption imminent)

Yahoo! News ^ | 5/1/14 | Eric M. Johnson - Reuters

[NormsRevenge]

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Magma levels are slowly rebuilding inside Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980 and killed 57 people, although there was no sign of an impending eruption, U.S. scientists said.

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"The magma reservoir beneath Mount St. Helens has been slowly re-pressurizing since 2008," the U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement on Wednesday. "It is likely that re-pressurization is caused by (the) arrival of a small amount of additional magma 4 to 8 km (2.5 to 5 miles) beneath the surface."

The USGS said this is to be expected with an active volcano and does not indicate "the volcano is likely to erupt anytime soon."

[NormsRevenge]

Some good news..

or maybe not. *-o

[Darksheare]

Techtonic ping.
I recall watching the time vs depth quake plots from Mt St Helens, interesting stuff.

[JRios1968]

MAGMA

[dragonblustar]

I always look at Mt Rainier and wonder when she is going to pop.

[Darksheare]

Whoops.
Forgot the link..
http://www.pnsn.org/volcanoes/mount-st-helens#seismicity-

[Iron Munro]

Good place for the Obamas next vacation.

[Oliviaforever]

That rising magma must have confused Washington State for Washington D.C.

[NormsRevenge]

I was thinking a family suite at Leavenworth, but.. OK. ;-}

[RitchieAprile]

its still covered with snow so it won’t be anytime soon..

[IYAS9YAS]

The largest earthquake in 34 years (4.8 magnitude) hit Yellowstone on March 30, 2014. I can't find the magnitude data on the 1980 earthquake, so I don't know how big it was.

The Yellowstone shaker in 1980 hit on February 22. On May 18 (82 days later), that same year, Mt. St. Helens erupted.

Now we have a story on Mt. St. Helens is ramping up activity again, shortly after the Yellowstone quake. Could St. Helens blow within the next two months like it did in 1980?

[Free Vulcan]

Well wouldn’t Obama love that? He’d have troops in the streets in every corner in American within 24 hours. For our safety of course.

[miliantnutcase]

I like how they say no eruption is imminent, yet most major geological events are still complete surprises. ;-)

[Mouton]

Yeah, he could emulate Harry Randal Truman of St Helens fame.

[skinkinthegrass]

just throw a bottle of whiskey; to the HA. volcano god, Pele..she'll really enjoy it.

[sportutegrl]

How about we toss in Tom Hanks, instead?

[Harold Shea]

Old Harry was a stubborn kinda guy.

Those were some incredible days after she blew.

Natural Geographic had a great issue covering the eruption

[skinkinthegrass]

yeah..that works, just throw "Joe" in.