The 1980 eruption cycle made Mount St. Helens one of the most famous and now best-monitored volcanoes in the Cascades. But it is far from the only volcano in the range. From southern British Columbia ...

This month we'll take a tour of the Cascade Range volcanoes, all located along the western edge of North America. Some will be very familiar but others are hidden gems (and dangers) of the Pacific ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — Over the past three months, there have been over 400 reported earthquakes at Mount St. Helens, but researchers at the Cascade Volcano Observatory said Wednesday the elevated ...

Mt. Hood looms over Portland, Oregon.Credit: Barb Salam, Wikimedia Commons. "How much?" you say? Here's a short list: The Juan de Fuca plate is still subducting (sliding underneath) North America just ...

Now, it’s moving up at about 3?10 of an inch per year. “The rate now is low enough now that it is almost undetectable,” said Dan Dzurisin, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the ...

A deadly eruption on White Island in New Zealand Monday serves as a reminder to Pacific Northwest residents of the dangers of living near a volcano, said officials with the U. S. Geological Survey’s ...

FILE - Mount St. Helens is seen from the Hummocks Trail, on May 18, 2020, in Washington state. More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington's Mount St. Helens in recent months ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington's Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of an imminent eruption, according to the U.S.