1980 Mount St. Helens Case Study

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Volcanoes are one of the most disastrous yet captivating geological land forms on earth. Many volcanic eruptions are catastrophic, but not all volcanic eruptions are as brutal. The two case studies I have chosen to compare and contrast are the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption with the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano which is still active today.


Mount St. Helens is located in the Cascade mountain range in the southwestern region of Washington in the United States. It is known as the largest volcanic eruption to occur in North America on May 18th of 1980. Mount St. Helens is located on a destructive boundary where the convergent plate boundary, Juan De Fuca Plate, collided with the North American Plate (3). There are three different types

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