Mount Tabor must have a better publicist, because Rocky Butte is really Portland’s more important and influential extinct volcano. The Rocky Butte Preservation Society is doing its best to promote its mountain’s reputation with a slew of informative newsletters, history walks and trash cleanups. The society will host what its organizers say is the the first concert inside Rocky Butte’s …
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Huge earthquake may have triggered volcano’s first eruption in 600 years, Russian team says
Facebook Tweet Email Link The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia’s Far East last week, Russia’s RIA state news agency and scientists reported on Sunday. “This is the first historically confirmed eruption of Krasheninnikov Volcano in 600 years,” RIA cited Olga Girina, head …
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