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Most of the U.S. volcanoes that have been making themselves known since spring woke up a bit, shook themselves off and then ...
Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...
The last major destructive eruption to hit Washington state was not at Mount Rainier, but at Mount St Helens — approximately 50 miles away, but part of the same mountain range — in 1980. That ...
9 articles about recent Washington earthquake activity and preparedness efforts. Story by Daniel Schrager, Simone Carter, Genevieve Belmaker, Puneet Bsanti • 1w.
Washington's ShakeAlert earthquake early warning network will officially go live statewide on May 4, but won't be fully completed until 2025.
The earthquake that hit the Washington region last year was probably a tremor that occurs about once every 2,000 years, a new seismic study of damage to the Washington Monument suggests.
Washington’s earthquake advisers were unable to win support for a commission like California’s, which employs a structural engineer, a geologist and a legislative director, among others.
READ MORE: Catastrophic volcano could soon erupt on the Pacific Northwest More than 400 earthquakes rattled Washington's Mount Rainier over just 12 hours on Tuesday, sparking fears that the ...