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

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

Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years. The cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, a volcano ...

The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...

In some cases, earthquakes near volcanoes can trigger eruptions. But this only occurs if the quake is large (greater than magnitude 6) and the volcano is already poised to erupt.

Earthquake activity near Takawangha Volcano increased over the past 48 hours and is continuing, Alaska Volcano Observatory officials said in a news release Thursday.

ANCHORAGE — Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years. The cause of the quakes under Mount ...

One of the most famous mountains in Washington, Mount Rainier, has been rumbling over the last day due to the amplified ...

Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years. The cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, a volcano ...

Yet, the earthquake swarms exhibit very similar patterns to those near volcanoes. This suggests that the earthquakes are actually being caused by magma being released by an ancient long-dead volcano.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year has geologists paying attention. Mount Spurr, about 80 miles (129 kilometers ...

Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in southeast Alaska believed to have been dormant for at least 800 years. The cause of the quakes under Mount Edgecumbe, ...