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Summary of late-Holocene eruptive events at Mount Rainier

2008 (approx.)

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Red circles designate eruptions with direct physical evidence for ejection of juvenile magma, orange circle represents possible eruption documented only by uniform clast type in White River confluence lahar, light blue circle represents reported 1894 eruption for which physical evidence is lacking. Other historically reported small eruptions might have taken place but also lack corroborating physical evidence.