100+ Earthquakes Have Struck Mount St. Helens In The Past 8 Weeks. - Polidicks

[quote](CNN)In the past eight weeks, more than 130 small earthquakes have trembled beneath the surface of Mount St. Helens.[/quote] source: [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/07/us/mount-st-helens-mini-earthquakes/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial"]FUCKING PANIC[/URL] [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13179030_1261579817203910_8670728559059389954_n.jpg?oh=5a14a15e5d4e21e39146c92b0533367c&oe=57B23522[/IMG] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Editorialized Headline" - Bradyns))[/highlight]

Guess it's gonna erupt, or something.

Looks like Skamania County is in for a real bad time.

[QUOTE=TG2;50276107]source: [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/07/us/mount-st-helens-mini-earthquakes/?iid=ob_lockedrail_topeditorial"]FUCKING PANIC[/URL] [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]At this point, "[B]there is absolutely no sign that it will erupt anytime soon,[/B] but the data we collect tells us that the volcano is still very much alive," the U.S. Geological Survey said. Seismologists reported that there are no anomalous gases, and no signs that the collection of magma, which is the molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth, is getting inflated in the recent swarm of earthquakes at the volcano.[/QUOTE] don't panic

They've seen similar patterns happen before, but those didnt result in eruptions at the time.

at least this time it won't have much of a cap to blow off unlike 1980

Read a separate article about this. It's just the magma chambers refilling, it's not indicative of eruptive behaviour. Just means there will be one down the line

I'd be more concerned if it was Baker but it's St Helens and on this coast we all know random activity these days is normal.

Back in like '08 when it had a little mini eruption, we could see the smoke plume from our house (we lived about 60 miles away at the time.) I was walking home from school and my mom met me like 3 blocks from my house and grabbed my arm and started sprinting home dragging me along, and I had no idea why she was flipping out, but I asked her if it was aliens attacking and she tripped and fell over laughing, but then snapped out of it in under 2 seconds and started panicking again because she thought the eruption was gonna be bigger. Back on topic here, very very very unlikely to have a major eruption any time soon.

[QUOTE=pentium;50276157]I'd be more concerned if it was Baker but it's St Helens and on this coast we all know random activity these days is normal.[/QUOTE] I thought Mt.Rainier was the most dangerous one being overdue for eruption? I'm elevated at 500 feet but that thing makes me nervous knowing I'm near the lahar flow path.

Geophysicist here. Tremors on a backark volcanoe are not that good of a sign (on ridges it's actually a good sign) but I wouldn't say you can draw conclusions from it. The most recent lidar elevations from the satellites should be interesting.

[QUOTE=Anax;50276499]I thought Mt.Rainier was the most dangerous one being overdue for eruption? I'm elevated at 500 feet but that thing makes me nervous knowing I'm near the lahar flow path.[/QUOTE] Yes, I keep forgetting the name of that one. That one is indeed quite late.

St. Helens would just poot ash in the existing ashfields if it erupted again, so nobody would be harmed so long as the immediate vicinity were evacuated. Rainier, however, will destroy Tacoma and split I-5 in half with only 30 minutes to evacuate a ~5 mile wide area in the pyroclastic flow path. Volcanoes are spooky but at least we have some warning as to their eruptions.

I live on Puyallup's South Hill and from seeing simulation maps/videos it's crazy to think how the valley would look so barren after being hit by the pyroclastic flow. Tons of jobs would be lost from the ports of Tacoma, Fife and the industrial center in Sumner. The thought of such destruction ticking nearby is surreal.

Could this also be a sign of the big Northwest earthquake? or are they too far away to be related.

Mt St Helens is one of the most seismically active volcanoes in the cascade range, this isnt that surprising. [quote]Scientists have seen similar patterns of small earthquake swarms in 2013, 2014 and in the 1990s, [URL="https://www.facebook.com/USGSVolcanoes/posts/1261580570537168"]according to the USGS.[/URL][/quote]