The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not ...

Mount Adams in Washington state is seismically calm. But a flurry of earthquakes around the volcano has garnered attention ...

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part ... The Sicily, Italy, volcano is almost constantly in a state of eruption. Get there: From Seattle (95 miles) or Tacoma ...

The tremors, with magnitudes ranging from 0.9 to 2.0, are unprecedented for the 12,200-foot mountain, which usually ...

Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase ...

Six unusual earthquakes shook Mount Adams in September, but it's too soon to speculate about a potential eruption ...

Nestled in the Cascades about 50 miles from Yakima, Mount Adams typically only experiences about 1 earthquake every 2-3 years ...

whose spectacular 1980 eruption in the Pacific Northwest killed dozens of people and sent volcanic ash across the country, and massive Mount Rainier, which towers above the Seattle metro area.

While very weak, previous studies have suggested that swarms of small earthquakes can precede a volcanic eruption. Quakes near Mount Adams typically occur only once every two to three years ...