Hundreds of earthquakes rattle catastrophic volcano sparking new fears

Hundreds of small earthquakes rattled Washington's Mount Rainier Tuesday, setting off new fears that one of the most dangerous volcanos in the US could be waking up. The US Geological Survey (USGS) revealed in a post on X that the earthquake swarm kicked off at 4:29am ET, with none of the tremors surpassing 1.7 in magnitude. All of the tiny earthquakes took place between 1.2 and 3.7 miles below Mount Rainier's summit, a generally shallow depth for a quake. A map released by USGS Tuesday revealed that the new swarm...