4.3-magnitude earthquake near Mount St. Helens is biggest in 30 years

Tsiyu

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Tue Feb-15-11 03:45 AM
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4.3-magnitude earthquake near Mount St. Helens is biggest in 30 years

Well, somebody had a Valentine's Rumble...

"Fault line, won't you be my Valentine?

The second largest earthquake since Mount St. Helens erupted -- a magnitude 4.3 shaker -- rocked a fault line six miles north of the volcano Monday morning. People felt it as far away as Astoria, Lake Oswego, Hood River and even Bremerton, Wash., near Seattle."

more:

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/02/earthquake_near_mount_st_helens_was_biggest_in_30_years.html

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freeplessinseattle

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Tue Feb-15-11 05:01 AM
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1. Yikes. I did not know that.

Now how will I get to sleep?

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Tsiyu

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Tue Feb-15-11 11:56 AM
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6. Sorry bout that

Heard it on CTC and came to DU to see if anyone had posted about it.

Didn't mean to give you nightmares... :)

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catabryna

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Tue Feb-15-11 08:48 AM
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2. Felt it....

At first I thought it was my cat jumping up on the futon, but then I noticed television shaking. Went and looked it up at the USGS site last evening and sure enough.

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Tsiyu

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Tue Feb-15-11 12:01 PM
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7. Always try to blame the cats first

I do...

This is no doubt nothing to worry over (I hope.) i thought it was interesting that it's been so long since it erupted and i did wonder if any DUers felt anything.

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catabryna

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Tue Feb-15-11 12:40 PM
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8. It was just a little shaking here...

Watching it blow its top back then, now that was cool! :popcorn:

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Tsiyu

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Tue Feb-15-11 01:10 PM
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9. You were nearby?

yikes!

I remember the pictures ...how chilling...the folks camping, all the ash...

We have a fault nearby but no vulcano....I don't think..

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PatSeg

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Tue Feb-15-11 09:14 AM
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3. What a scary place to live

Article says that since the 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens experiences 1 to 2 quakes a day. I guess a significant earthquake was inevitable.

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Renew Deal

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Tue Feb-15-11 09:16 AM
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4. Mt. St. Helens is a great place to visit.

It's a crash course in the power of a volcano.

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cbdo2007

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Tue Feb-15-11 09:26 AM
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5. Haven't been there lately but was lucky enough to go in the mid-80's...

it looked like we were on the moon. Ash still covered everything and people were wearing masks and stuff. It was really amazing and I still have some ash from my visit. Wish I would have taken more.

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