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Cascade Range Current Updates
February 2009


CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WEEKLY UPDATE
Friday, February 27, 2009 06:55 PST (Friday, February 27, 2009 14:55 UTC)

Cascade Range Volcanoes
Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake, in Oregon; and Medicine Lake volcano, Mount Shasta, and Lassen Peak in northern California. Mount St. Helens has been at Volcano Alert Level NORMAL (Aviation Color Code GREEN) since July 10, 2008.

Recent Observations: No unusual activity was noted at any of the Cascade Range volcanoes during the week. Volcano seismicity remained at background levels. A M4.1 quake in southwestern Oregon at approximately 2am Thursday shows up nicely on many of the volcano seismic stations.




CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WEEKLY UPDATE
Friday, February 20, 2009 13:38 PST (Friday, February 20, 2009 21:38 UTC)

Cascade Range Volcanoes
Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake, in Oregon; and Medicine Lake volcano, Mount Shasta, and Lassen Peak in northern California. Mount St. Helens has been at Volcano Alert Level NORMAL (Aviation Color Code GREEN) since July 10, 2008.

Recent Observations: No unusual activity was noted at any of the Cascade Range volcanoes during the week. Volcano seismicity remained at background levels.




CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WEEKLY UPDATE
Friday, February 13, 2009 08:40 PST (Friday, February 13, 2009 16:40 UTC)

Cascade Range Volcanoes
Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake, in Oregon; and Medicine Lake volcano, Mount Shasta, and Lassen Peak in northern California. Mount St. Helens has been at Volcano Alert Level NORMAL (Aviation Color Code GREEN) since July 10, 2008.

Recent Observations: No unusual activity was noted at any of the Cascade Range volcanoes during the week. Volcano seismicity remained at background levels. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday and was recorded by seismometers throughout the Pacific Northwest region.




CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY WEEKLY UPDATE
Friday, February 6, 2009 09:30 PST (Friday, February 6, 2009 17:30 UTC)

Cascade Range Volcanoes
Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Activity Update: All volcanoes in the Cascade Range are at normal levels of background seismicity. These include Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams in Washington State; Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Newberry Volcano, and Crater Lake, in Oregon; and Medicine Lake volcano, Mount Shasta, and Lassen Peak in northern California. Mount St. Helens has been at Volcano Alert Level NORMAL (Aviation Color Code GREEN) since July 10, 2008.

Recent Observations: Volcano seismicity has remained at background levels throughout the week.


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