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The so-called earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier dwindled Friday but has surpassed the last large event at the volcano in 2009 ...
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 ...
Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...
Scientists have recorded the "largest" earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state since 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The swarm at the second-most seismically active ...
MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. — A swarm of small earthquakes was detected at Mount Rainier Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) and the Pacific ...
The BriefMount Rainier's recent seismic swarm has surpassed 2009 records, with 391 events since July 8.Scientists report ...
The Cascades Volcano Observatory uses information like this to create hazard assessments and hazard maps that they can share with emergency responders to inform the response to future eruptions.