Small Quake Reported at Mount St. Helens

Space & Earth science / Earth Sciences

$Mount St. Helens erupts in this July 22 1980 file photo in Washington State. A private pilot who works in the hazards section of the U.S. Geological Surveys Cascades Volcano Observatory noticed a line of steam coming from a fracture line atop the gro ...$

Mount St. Helen\'s erupts in this July 22, 1980 file photo in Washington State. A private pilot who works in the hazards section of the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory, noticed a line of steam coming from a fracture line atop the growing lava dome in the crater of the southwest Washington volcano Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008. (AP Photo)

(AP) -- Steam seeping from a fracture atop the lava dome in Mount St. Helens' crater and the mountain's first noteworthy seismic activity since 2004 have caught scientists' attention this week as signs that something is moving inside it.

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