Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2004 > April > 11 > Ooze or boom?

Ooze or boom?

South Sister quakes indicate slight movement of magma

By Rachel Odell / The Bulletin
April 11, 2004

When a swarm of hundreds of earthquakes shook the ground near South Sister on March 23, some Central Oregon residents looked back 24 years to May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted.

Were the Central Oregon quakes a foreshadow of volcanic activity like that on St. Helens? Didn't scientists....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.