In 1980 a series of Large Earthquakes awakened the previous sleeping volcano, Mt. St Helens. A Pyroclastic eruption was caused when a huge explosion blasted out the side of the Volcano, which also caused a huge Landslide. 57 people died including local man Harry Truman who refused to leave his home at Spirit Lake, and Daniel Johnston a local Volcanologist was killed in the Ash cloud. It was one of America's biggest Earthquakes!
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state occurred on May 18th at 8:32 a.m. local time.
Mount St. Helens in Washington state had a powerful eruption on May 18, 1980.
March 20, 1980 was the date of the big eruption.
There were a total of 57 confirmed fatalities directly caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
There were no deaths during the 2004 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The eruption that caused fatalities occurred on May 18, 1980, resulting in the deaths of 57 people.
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens occurred on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 a.m. local time.
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state occurred on May 18th at 8:32 a.m. local time.
May 18th, 1980
Mount St. Helens in Washington state had a powerful eruption on May 18, 1980.
March 20, 1980 was the date of the big eruption.
Mt St Helens first erupted on May 18, 1980
There were a total of 57 confirmed fatalities directly caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
On May 18th 1980.
18th of May 1980
57 people were killed by the volcanic eruption in Saint Helens in May 1980.
The most devastating eruption was on May 18th 1890.
The deadly May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens took the lives of 57 people and leveled hundreds of square miles of forests.