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English: Hazard map around the Mount Rainier, state of Washington, United States. Lava flow and pyroclastic flows Electron Mudflow-sized event (generally large in size)
Hazard map. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc that consists of lava flows, debris flows, and pyroclastic ejecta and flows. Its early volcanic deposits are estimated at more than 840,000 years old and are part of the Lily Formation (about 2.9 million to 840,000 years ago).
Detailed map of Mount Rainier's summit and northeast slope showing upper perimeter of Osceola collapse amphitheater (hachured line) The Osceola Mudflow, also known as the Osceola Lahar, was a debris flow and lahar in the U.S. state of Washington that descended from the summit and northeast slope of Mount Rainier, a volcano in the Cascade Range during a period of eruptions about 5,600 years ago.
A lava flow that's been steadily getting closer and closer to a town on Hawaii's Big Island could potentially become a much larger threat. Clayton Sandell via ABC: "This came from the Kilauea volcano.
Rivers of molten rock flowed from Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, toward a highway on Hawaii’s Big Island, the US Geological Survey said on Wednesday, November 30.The edge of ...
Only a few percents of this area has been covered by lava in the past 10,000 years. Zone 9 - Kohala Volcano, which last erupted over 60,000 years ago. Lava Flow Hazard map of Haleakala. The Maui Hazard Zone numbers are a different scale from the island of Hawaiʻi's map. The lava flow hazard zones on Maui use a different scale.
Lava from Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, continues to ooze towards a major highway on Hawaii’s Big Island, though officials still say populated areas aren’t at risk.
The Volcano erupted about 150 BP, producing a 22.5 km (14.0 mi) long lava flow. Mount Rainier erupted 1854. Mount Baker erupted in 1880; fumaroles still occur at its summit. Ruby Mountain might have erupted in 1898. Lassen Peak erupted in 1914–5. Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, killing 57 people. (see 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens).