Effort underway to make the Pacific Northwest safer from volcanoes
Part of the new bi-partisan Federal Public Lands package is a section addressing needed improvements to upgrade warnings of volcanic eruptions.
Just last October, a new National Volcanic Threat Assessment was issued by the U.S. Geological Survey. The third most dangerous volcano in the U.S. is Mount Rainier, also considered one of the world's most dangerous volcanos, not only for its size but for the fact that it is close to large population centers such as Puyallup and Tacoma and even Seattle and other communities.
Mount Rainier is wired up, meaning it has lots of instruments on its flanks that listen for earthquakes. Swarms of tiny earthquakes that can be detected and located deep, deep underground are often the first signs that magma is moving and an eruption could be possible.
A key feature of that monitoring is telling an eruptive earthquake apart from normal background earthquakes that result from the creaking and groaning from volcano's massive weight.
Washington has five volcanoes.
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