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The series of earthquakes is the first major swarm of seismic events since 2009. Is it safe if you’re planning on visiting?
Hundreds of small earthquakes have rattled Mount Rainier this week in the largest swarm of tremors in more than a decade.
This is now the largest recorded earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier since seismic monitoring at the volcano began in 1982, the ...
The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory said the swarm began early Tuesday at the 14,410-foot volcano near ...
Recent volcanic activity across the Pacific Ring of Fire has raised alarms among scientists and volcanologists, with several ...
Seismicity has decreased” from 30 events per hour at the peak to a few per hour as of Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said Saturday.
More than 300 tremors were recorded below Mount Rainier over the course of three days. Scientists say they were too weak for ...
Mount Rainier was experiencing "the most significant seismic activity" at the volcano in more than 15 years as an "earthquake ...
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.
Geologists are continuing to monitor Mount Rainier in Washington state days after the first earthquake swarm in more than 15 ...