Oregonian

Unusual earthquake activity at Pacific Northwest mountain leads to increased volcano monitoring

Researchers are setting up extra volcanic monitoring stations in the Cascades this month after a flurry of earthquakes. Should you panic? No. According to Wes Thelen, a research seismologist with the ...
OPB

65 years before St. Helens blew, another Cascade volcano shocked the Pacific Northwest

Mount Lassen, in the southern Cascades, erupted on May 22, 1915, 65 years almost to the day before Mount St. Helens. Also known as Lassen Peak, the mountain is the southernmost active volcano in the ...
katu

Scientists unravel diverse behaviors of Cascade volcanoes in subduction zone studies

The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous and now best-monitored volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia ...
WMAZ

Why is Mount St. Helens the most active volcano in the Cascades?

New research offers clues as to why Mount St. Helens is one of the most explosive volcanoes in the Cascade range and why it stands apart from the chain of other Cascade volcanoes. Scientists from the ...
Live Science

Scientists find giant magma reservoirs hidden beneath dormant volcanoes in the Cascades

Long-quiet volcanoes in the Cascades region of the Pacific Northwest are still underpinned by large reservoirs of magma, new research finds. The findings have implications for monitoring volcanoes ...