106 years later, Lassen Peak eruptions recalled as most recent to strike California

While other, more recent volcanic eruptions – such as the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, which was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history – have garnered more attention, the May 1915 eruptions at Lassen Peak, commonly referred to as Mount Lassen, remain the most recent volcanic action seen in California. The […]

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