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Mount Rainier Has Shrunk, and Its Summit Location Has Changed

A new study shows that all five ice-capped peaks in the Lower 48 have shrunk, including Mt. Rainier, which has lost 10 feet ...
Yahoo

Mount Rainier National Park ranked the second-deadliest park to visit during the winter

USGS scientist Carolyn Driedger, right, and Mount Rainier National Park ranger Scott Beason frame the terminus of the Nisqually Glacier during a training session for seasonal rangers at the park on ...
OPB

Hundreds of small earthquakes are hitting Mount Rainier. Geologists say they’re not concerned

A “swarm” of hundreds of small earthquakes are continuing to hit Mount Rainier this week. The U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network said Tuesday ...
KOIN 6

Hundreds of small earthquakes recorded in Mount Rainier swarm for first time since 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Hundreds of small earthquakes have been detected at Mount Rainier in Washington in an earthquake swarm, the largest number seen in more than 15 years, according to geologists.
USA Today

Mount Rainier is rattled by more than 300 earthquakes. It's the largest swarm in years.

More than 300 earthquakes have erupted at Washington's Mount Rainier this week, the largest earthquake swarm at the volcano since 2009. As of Thursday, July 10, 334 earthquakes had been identified at ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Officials are tracking an earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier but say there is no cause for concern

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years on Washington's Mount Rainier but say there is no indication that the cluster of quakes is cause for ...