Here's how hard it is summit the five highest mountains in the contiguous United States. While challenging, the pinnacle is ...

Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...

The so-called earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier dwindled Friday but has surpassed the last large event at the volcano in 2009 ...

Hundreds of small earthquakes were detected at Mount Rainier on Tuesday in the largest such swarm at the active stratovolcano ...

Volcano watchers said Saturday the Mount Rainier earthquake swarm rates continued to decrease. The Cascades Volcano Observatory and Pacific Northwest Seismic Network recorded 464 events since the ...

WASHINGTON, USA — A "swarm" of small earthquakes near the summit of Mount Rainier Tuesday is no cause for concern, according ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said it and other agencies were monitoring the situation and would issue additional alerts "as ...

Earthquakes are common at Mount Rainier, happening about nine times every month, the agency said. Swarms of earthquakes ...

The quakes began just before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Geological Survey at the Cascade Volcano Observatory.

Swarms — or clusters of earthquakes that occur in the same area in quick succession — are relatively common on Mount Rainier.

Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state recorded hundreds of light earthquakes early Tuesday morning, though the ...