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Meaning change by Typo?

"A massive debris avalanche triggered by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale caused an eruption that reduced the elevation of the mountain's summit from..."

Is the word 'by' missing from that statement? (to wit..

"A massive debris avalanche triggered by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale caused *BY* an eruption that reduced the elevation of the mountain's summit from ..."

I'm suspicious of the idea that the debris avalanche, or the earthquake, caused the eruption - rather the other way around..

-Dan- (just passing through..) 2601:600:8700:9C4:E8C2:2190:5F8E:AF07 (talk) 17:26, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The sequence is very well understood. The earthquake happened first causing the bulge to slump, the "massive avalanch", downslope. That released the explosive pressure.98.164.84.48 (talk) 20:22, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Photo- Mt St Helens as seen from Portland OR

The one which describes it as Mt Fuji of the US. That's news to me. Someone has good eyes. Could it be Mt Hood?161.97.140.117 (talk) 16:21, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The source of this picture (an engraving not a photo) looks reliable enough [1] and the viewpoint seems OK when checked on Google Earth - the description says " Detail of engraving of Portland, Oregon and Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens, Washington. (Click to enlarge). The Columbia River is middleground and the Willamette River is in the foreground. Created by E.S. Glover. Published 1879, San Francisco. "Bird's-eye-view", looking east to the Cascade Mountains. Original lithograph shows Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams, and Mount Hood, and also the Columbia River and the Willamette River". Mikenorton (talk) 16:53, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Using peakfinder ( www.peakfinder.org ) both Mt Hood and Mt St Helens are visible from Portland Oregon, and if the view point is adjusted to the line of hills to the SW, eg https://www.peakfinder.org/?lat=45.4977&lng=-122.6822&azi=75&zoom=5&ele=122 the view fits quite well, and the small peak to the left in the lithograph matches the shape of Goat Mountain in PFinder, with nothing of similar shape near Mt Hood. HTH. Mattymmoo (talk) 22:39, 12 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 04:19, 24 February 2017 (UTC) mount st helens eroupeded in 1980 and caused a humungus land slide[reply]

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Bill Wurtz' song?

Nobody gonna talk about the song “Mount St. Helens is about to Blow Up” by Bill Wurtz? --Tito zz (talk) 16:50, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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"an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale caused an lateral eruption" should be "a lateral eruption" Itsbb8-m8 (talk) 08:32, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reporting this. I have changed the text in the article. GeoWriter (talk) 12:11, 6 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Dante's Peak"

A few places online state that the volcano rim scenes with the actors and helicopter fly-overs were filmed at Mount St. Helens; yet there is no mention of that anywhere in the article.

Can someone research & verify that?

Then include it in the article?

Just curious. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 20:43, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

minor grammar edit

In the section "Climbing and Recreation" toward the end of the second paragraph it reads "Although strenuous, it is considered non-technical climb that involves some scrambling."
It should be edited to "... it is considered a non-technical climb ..."

(btw is there a way to link directly to sections of the article from the talk page?)

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This is an old Featured Article on a very important topic that needs review, in my opinion, 15 years later. Issues spotted:

There are several unsourced sentences throughout the article;
Images need checking to meet MOS:SANDWICH (and a copyright check probably wouldn't hurt);
No plants/vegetation/ecology? Nothing on potential hazards/future eruptions?
The version of this article that was accepted at the end of its last FAR had very few scholarly sources, so a new survey of the available sources would be welcome, for instance:

Are all the links on External Links necessary?

The article needs to be reviewed for comprehensiveness by someone knowledgeable. RetiredDuke (talk) 19:17, 3 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 (btw is there a way to link directly to sections of the article from the talk page?)
+==FA in need of review==
+This is an old Featured Article on a very important topic that needs review, in my opinion, 15 years later. Issues spotted:
+* There are several unsourced sentences throughout the article;
+* Images need checking to meet [[MOS:SANDWICH]] (and a copyright check probably wouldn't hurt);
+* No plants/vegetation/ecology? Nothing on potential hazards/future eruptions?
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_St._Helens&oldid=90299747 The version] of this article that was accepted at the end of its last FAR had very few scholarly sources, so a new survey of the available sources would be welcome, for instance:
+:* ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065250408600409 Mechanisms of Primary Succession: Insights Resulting from the Eruption of Mount St Helens]'';
+:* ''[https://science.sciencemag.org/content/211/4477/16.abstract Impact on Agriculture of the Mount St. Helens Eruptions]''
+:* ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F0-387-28150-9 Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens]''
+:* ''[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/172e/0ae4d52a05026731c470e98d1870aafe9790.pdf Seismicity associated with renewed dome building at Mount St. Helens, 2004–2005]''
+:* ''[https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-28150-9_3 Physical Events, Environments, and Geological—Ecological Interactions at Mount St. Helens: March 1980–2004]''
+* Are all the links on External Links necessary?
+The article needs to be reviewed for comprehensiveness by someone knowledgeable. [[User:RetiredDuke|RetiredDuke]] ([[User talk:RetiredDuke|talk]]) 19:17, 3 January 2021 (UTC)