happens one mile beneath a huge active volcano it can be the start of something that feels a little like the end of the world. when that earthquake happened a mile beneath mt. st. helens 35 years ago today thus started a huge volcanic eruption in the couldn t nental united states. it blew 1300 feet off the top of that mountain in washington straight. the whole north side of that mountain collapsed and quickly. that collapse was the largest lackedslide in recorded history. rock and searing hot gases shot sideways out of the collapsed mountain going hundreds of miles an hour. trees came down as far as 12 mile away from the initial blast. the eruption started that morning at mt. st. ount st. helen s at 8:30 in the morning. kept erupting all day long until it ended finally at 5 p.m. that volcanic eruption shot 500
world. when that earthquake happened a mile beneath mt. st. helens 35 years ago today thus started a huge volcanic eruption in the continental united states. it blew 1300 feet off the top of that mountain in washington straight. the whole north side of that mountain collapsed and quickly. that collapse was the largest landslide in recorded history. rock and searing hot gases shot sideways out of the collapsed mountain going hundreds of miles an hour. trees came down as far as 12 mile away from the initial blast. the eruption started that morning at mount st. helen s at 8:30 in the morning. kept erupting all day long until it ended finally at 5 p.m. that volcanic eruption shot 500 million tons of volcanic ash in the air. that rose in a huge vertical
and a large earthquake is almost never a good thing but when it happens one mile beneath a huge active volcano it can be the start of something that feels a little bit like the end of the world. when that earthquake happened a mile beneath mt. st. helen s 35 years ago today thus started a huge volcanic eruption in the continental united states. it blew more than 1300 feet off the top of that mountain in washington state. the whole northside of that mountain collapsed and quickly that collapse was the largest landslide in recorded history. rock and searing hot gases shot sideways out of the collapsed mountain going hundreds of miles an hour trees came down as far as 12 miles away from the initial blast. the eruption started that morning at mount st. helens at 8:30 in the morning, it kept erupting all day long till it ended finally just after 5:00 p.m. in that day s work, that huge