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The Juan de Fuca tectonic plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, leading to volcanic activity in the Cascades like at West Crater. In southern Washington state, the Cascade Range, which sits south of the dacitic Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, spans 600 miles (970 km) from British Columbia in Canada to Lassen Peak in northern California in the United States.
The east side of Mount Baker in 2001. Sherman Crater is the deep depression south of the summit. Mount Baker (Nooksack: Kweq' Smánit; Lushootseed: təqʷubəʔ), [9] also known as Koma Kulshan or simply Kulshan, is a 10,781 ft (3,286 m) active [10] glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano [5] in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States.
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A visitor center run by the Washington State Parks is in Silver Lake, Washington, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Mount St. Helens. [100] Exhibits include a large model of the volcano, a seismograph, a theater program, and an outdoor natural trail. [100]
A mudslide buried part of State Route 504 on Mount St. Helens on May 14, deputies said. The debris forced the 12 people and the animal to wait until the morning to be airlifted from the area ...
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Tumtum Mountain is located among the foothills of the Cascade Range, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Washington State Route 503 via NE Healy Rd, whose junction is just north of the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument headquarters in Chelatchie (officially Amboy, Washington).
Over 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington's Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of an imminent eruption.