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Hundreds of earthquakes are detected at or near Mount Rainier each year, though typical swarms are smaller than what started ...
Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said it and other agencies were monitoring the situation and would issue additional alerts "as ...
The quakes began just before 1:30 a.m. and have been occurring at a rate of several times per minute, said officials with the ...
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network recorded hundreds of small earthquakes at Mt. Rainier on Tuesday morning. The US ...
The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory and Pacific Northwest Seismic Network detected the earthquakes at a ...
Mount Rainier, the active volcano towering above southwestern Washington state, started rumbling — very lightly — on Tuesday.
Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state recorded hundreds of light earthquakes early Tuesday morning, though the ...
A swarm of small earthquakes was detected beneath Mount Rainier on July 8, 2025, but officials say there is no current threat of an eruption.
Hundreds of small earthquakes have been detected at Mount Rainier in Washington in an earthquake swarm, the largest number seen in more than 15 years, according to geologists.
Mount Rainier saw a swarm of hundreds of small earthquakes that started early Tuesday morning.The activity began just before 1:30 a.
The USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory is in an office park in east Vancouver, off Southeast 15th Street, at 1300 S.E. Cardinal Court, Building 10, Suite 100.