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The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory said the swarm began early Tuesday at the 14,410-foot volcano near ...
More than 300 earthquakes have erupted at Washington's Mount Rainier this week, the largest earthquake swarm at the volcano ...
While considered an active volcano, Mount Rainier hasn’t erupted in at least a century, possibly much longer. The U.S ...
Geologists are continuing to monitor Mount Rainier in Washington state days after the first earthquake swarm in more than 15 ...
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded under Mount Rainier on Wednesday, the strongest yet in a swarm of over 229 quakes this week. USGS says there's no signs of impending eruption.
A swarm of more than 300 earthquakes has now been recorded at Mount Rainier. There have been 334 quakes recorded since the swarm began on July 8, making this swarm the largest on record at Mount ...
The last significant earthquake at Mount Rainier occurred in 2009, and rumbled on for three days. More than 1,000 seismic events were recorded with the most substantial registering a 2.3 magnitude.
Hundreds of small earthquakes were detected at Mount Rainier on Tuesday in the largest such swarm at the active stratovolcano since 2009, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Earthquakes are common at Mount Rainier, happening about nine times every month, the agency said. Swarms of earthquakes happen once or twice per year. Larger swarms are more rare – the last ...
A "swarm" of earthquakes began at Mount Rainier in Washington in the early morning hours on Tuesday with hundreds of quakes detected so far, making it the largest such event at the volcano since 2009.