Volcanoes & Earthquakes G457U Spring 2010

Eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980.  Image from CVO/USGS web site
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/SlideSet/ljt_slideset.html

Cracks in the runway and "sand volcanoes" caused by soil liquefaction at the King County Airport following the Nisqually earthquake on February 28, 2001
http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/news/photos/2002/airport_runwaylg.jpg


Last Updated: June 3, 2010