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Hundreds of small earthquakes have rattled Mount Rainier this week in the largest swarm of tremors in more than a decade.
Mount Rainier was experiencing "the most significant seismic activity" at the volcano in more than 15 years as an "earthquake ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said it and other agencies were monitoring the situation and would issue additional alerts "as ...
Mount Rainier on Tuesday experienced its largest seismic activity since 2009, with a swarm of small earthquakes detected.
Hundreds of earthquakes are detected at or near Mount Rainier each year, though typical swarms are smaller than what started ...
Earthquakes are common at Mount Rainier, happening about nine times every month, the agency said. Swarms of earthquakes ...
Mount Rainier, the active volcano towering above southwestern Washington state, started rumbling — very lightly — on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, hundreds of earthquakes were detected, with depths ranging from 1.2 to 3.7 miles below the summit.
Seismologists are closely monitoring Mount Rainier after a swarm of earthquakes struck the Pacific Northwest’s tallest ...
The quakes began just before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Geological Survey at the Cascade Volcano Observatory.