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What Lies Beneath Mount St. Helens? Scientists Plan a Volcanic CAT Scan

“Imaging Magma Under St. Helens” is the name of a new research project (aka iMUSH) that’s just gotten National Science Foundation funding. Beginning in 2014, scientists with the University of Washington; the Rice, Columbia, and Oregon State universities; and the USGS will embark on a four-year study of Mount St. Helens, the most seismically active volcano in the Cascades mountain range. Continue reading What Lies Beneath Mount St. Helens? Scientists Plan a Volcanic CAT Scan

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More Quake News Surfaces in Pacific NW Seismic Network Site’s Redesign

Now you get that great snapshot of recent quakes (don’t worry, we get a lot of small quakes), plus a Volcano Watch section, which tells you at a glance which of our area’s ten volcanoes is about to snuff out life as we know it. Ha ha! No, we have fun. And in fact, after a busy November, with nine earthquakes in its vicinity, Mount Rainier seems to be relaxing a bit. Mount Hood, on the other hand, had four last week. Continue reading More Quake News Surfaces in Pacific NW Seismic Network Site’s Redesign