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Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...
Mount Rainier was experiencing "the most significant seismic activity" at the volcano in more than 15 years as an "earthquake ...
WASHINGTON, USA — A "swarm" of small earthquakes near the summit of Mount Rainier Tuesday is no cause for concern, according ...
A catastrophic 100-foot tsunami could strike the US West Coast at any moment — and scientists are sounding the alarm. Triggered by a massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, this ...
Thursday's earthquakes follows several other seismic events that have shaken western Washington. A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit near Auburn on Feb. 22, and just a day prior to that, a 4.8 ...
Washington has frequent earthquakes. How to be prepared for an earthquake, ... NEW: A simulation of the impact of a ~7.5-magnitude earthquake on the Seattle Fault.
Over 1,000 earthquakes occur in Washington each year, and in the last 125 years, the state has experienced at least 20 damaging earthquakes, according to the state’s Emergency Management Division.
KING COUNTY, Wash. — A second earthquake of at least 2.5 magnitude in 12 hours struck Thursday afternoon in western Washington. The 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 4.5 miles ...
"Finally, off the coast of Washington is the Cascadia Subduction Zone – a 700-mile long fault capable of producing earthquakes up to Magnitude 9 and tsunamis that will impact the entire coast ...
The earthquake reportedly happened at 3:45 a.m. at a depth of 25.3 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was recorded just southeast of Auburn along the Green ...
ORCAS, Wash. — An earthquake struck in the waters surrounding the San Juan Islands early Monday morning. The 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit at 5:02 a.m. just off Deer Beach on Orcas Island ...
Shaking was felt across northwestern Washington early Monday morning as an earthquake struck the San Juan Islands region near the border with Canada. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred at about ...