Volcanoes across several US states have recently become active, while no immediate danger is reported, experts remain watchful as seismic activity continues.

Magma from the mantle finds its way to the surface, where it erupts as lava or ash and gas—sometimes in spectacular spurts, ...

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Mount Rainier, the active volcano towering above southwestern Washington state, started rumbling — very lightly — on Tuesday.

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected at Mount Rainier so far Tuesday morning in the largest such swarm at the active stratovolcano since 2009, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Big One: Is California 'overdue' for a devastating major earthquake? A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare.

Located along the Cascadia Subduction Zone—a massive fault line stretching from northern California to British Columbia—this “Big One” earthquake could reach magnitudes of 9.0 or higher ...

One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable of producing a Pacific-wide tsunami and dramatically changing the ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will ...

The Big One: If major earthquake hits the West Coast it could sink the land in minutes, new study warns The region is overdue for a major earthquake that could lead to a huge tsunami wave ...