Mount St. Helens Timeline |
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40,000-35,000 years ago |
Date |
Eruptive Stage |
Date Of Eruptive Period |
Eruptive Period |
Products Emitted |
Ape Canyon |
tephra pyroclastic flows lahars |
35,000 to 20,500 years ago |
Dormant |
Dormant |
20,500 to 19,200 years ago |
Cougar |
tephra pyroclastic flows domes avalanches lava flows |
19,200 to 13,000 years ago |
Dormant |
Dormant |
13,000 to 10,500 years ago |
Swift Creek |
tephra pyroclastic flows lahars domes |
4,000 years ago to present |
Spirit Lake |
1800 to 1900 |
avalanche lateral blast blast deposits lahars pyroclastic flows tephra lava domes |
Spirit Lake |
Modern |
1980 |
Goat Rocks |
tephra lava dome lava flows lithic ash |
4,000 years ago to present |