Mount St. Helens is located in Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 95 miles south of Seattle. It is administered by the National Forest Service, not the National Park Service ...
On May 18, 1980, 30-year-old scientist David Johnston was in an observation post with the U.S. Geological survey monitoring Mount St. Helens. At 8:32 a.m., a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck beneath ...