Monitoring and preparing for an earthquake at Mount Baker

This article originally appeared in The Salish Current.

Between July and August this year, Mount Rainier experienced over 1,300 earthquakes. Now the United States Geological Survey is working to identify similar activity at Mount Baker.

The earthquake swarm around Rainier broke the previous record, set in 2009. Scientists have assured residents that these events are considered normal for the active volcano and are not cause for concern…

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