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Washington's 'forgotten giant' volcano stirs
Six unusual earthquakes shook Mount Adams in September, but it's too soon to speculate about a potential eruption
While it’s understandable that this could be a tad nerve wracking, geologists who study the area said it’s not yet clear if the increase in seismic activity is anything more than just an unusually high number of tremors. To see if that remains the case, the USGS received permission from the U.S. Forest Service to install additional, temporary seismic monitoring stations to the south and southwest of Mount Adams. While it’s possible this will be Mount Adams’ first eruption since construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza began (give or take a century or two), this could all be nothing more than the seismic equivalent of a grumbly tummy.
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