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.

Mount Rainier, the active volcano towering above southwestern Washington state, started rumbling — very lightly — on Tuesday.

KOIN 6 Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart takes a closer look at the earthquakes seen around Mount Rainier on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has announced that an earthquake swarm has begun beneath Mount Rainier. According ...

Hundreds of earthquakes are detected at or near Mount Rainier each year, though typical swarms are smaller than what started ...

Geologists detected hundreds of small earthquakes below the 14,400-foot active volcano in Washington state. It is the largest ...

Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...

A swarm of hundreds of small earthquakes have been detected rumbling deep below Mt. Rainier in Washington State early Tuesday ...

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.

Earthquakes are common at Mount Rainier, happening about nine times every month, the agency said. Swarms of earthquakes ...

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington recorded more than 400 minor earthquakes beneath ...