Mount St. Helens eruption

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mount_St._Helens_eruption
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:ashCloudReached gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkbp:ashColumnHeight 24 km
gptkbp:ashSpreadTo 11 U.S. states
gptkbp:casualties 57
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:date 1980-05-18
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Spirit_Lake
15 miles of railways
185 miles of highway
Hundreds of homes
gptkbp:evacuations thousands of people
gptkbp:followedBy subsequent eruptions in 1980-1986
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mount St. Helens eruption
gptkbp:lavaDomeFormed 1980-10-18
gptkbp:lavaType dacite
gptkbp:location gptkb:Skamania_County,_Washington,_United_States
gptkbp:monitors gptkb:United_States_Geological_Survey
gptkbp:notableFor largest landslide in recorded history
deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Harry_R._Truman
gptkbp:precededBy earthquake swarm
gptkbp:VEI 5
gptkbp:volcanoType gptkb:Mount_St._Helens
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Symphony_No._50_"Mount_St._Helens"
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6