On Tuesday, hundreds of earthquakes were detected, with depths ranging from 1.2 to 3.7 miles below the summit.

Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years on Washington's Mount Rainier but say there is ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption ...

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

Nisqually earthquake shook for under a minute but triggered decades of political aftershocks that led Seattle to where it is ...

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

Earthquakes kill over 2,000 in Afghanistan No damage or injuries have been reported. Additionally, the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center says there is no threat expected in or near Seattle.

Mount Rainier, the active volcano towering above southwestern Washington state, started rumbling — very lightly — on Tuesday. A swarm of small earthquakes was detected under the mountain triggering ...

The Seattle Fault, which runs right through Puget Sound, is the primary concern for seismologists for a 6.0 or greater magnitude earthquake.

SEATTLE — More than 1,100 masonry buildings in Seattle are at risk of damage if an earthquake struck the city, according to a recent report from the Seattle Department of Construction and ...