Researchers are looking into recent spikes in seismic activity across the Pacific Northwest.
SEATTLE — The Pacific Northwest continues to see spikes in seismic activity, from Mount St. Helens earlier this year to more recently, Mount Adams in southern Washington.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) located six earthquakes at Mount Adams last month when the volcano usually only sees one every few years.
Just two months earlier, a 6.4-magnitude quake off Vancouver Island shook the region, which USGS marked as the northwest’s largest earthquake of 2024 so far.
Before that, Mount St. Helens again made headlines, with scientists recording 350 quakes
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