The Electron Lahar, also known as the Electron Mudflow, was a
lahar
A lahar (, from jv, ꦮ꧀ꦭꦲꦂ) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water. The material flows down from a volcano, typically along a river valley.
Lahars are extreme ...
in the U.S. state of
Washington that descended from the summit and sunset amphitheater on
Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier (), indigenously known as Tahoma, Tacoma, Tacobet, or təqʷubəʔ, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, located in Mount Rainier National Park about south-southeast of Seattle. With a s ...
about 500 years ago. It was named after the unincorporated community of
Electron.
The extent of the Electron mudflow was about from Mount Rainier. It covered approximately in the Puyallup Valley, and was more than thick at its deepest point.
See also
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Osceola Mudflow
References
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