{"id":54604,"date":"2025-07-12T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=54604"},"modified":"2025-07-12T15:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:06:16","slug":"mount-rainier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-rainier\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Rainier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mount Rainier Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An earthquake swarm began at Mount Rainier recently, with the region hit by more than 300 small quakes, the most significant seismicity at the volcano since 2009, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mount Rainier<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> highest mountain (4,392 metres) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>state of Washington, United States.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covering 260 sq.km, Rainier is surrounded by the <\/span><b>largest single-mountain glacier system in the United States outside Alaska.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mountain is <\/span><b>geologically young<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>formed by successive lava flows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from eruptions that began about one million years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>active stratovolcano.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The volcano last erupted about 150 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered among the <\/span><b>most dangerous volcanoes in the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its<\/span><b> proximity to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the densely populated <\/span><b>urban area of Seattle.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rainier is one of just <\/span><b>16 volcanoes in the world to be on the \u201cDecade Volcanoes\u201d list,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a classification created <\/span><b>by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/interior-of-the-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth\u2019s Interior<\/a> (IAVCEI)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to highlight volcanoes worthy of close monitoring because of the catastrophic effects of their potential eruption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some <\/span><b>two dozen named glaciers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a number of smaller patches of permanent ice and snow <\/span><b>radiate from the broad summit, including Nisqually Glacier, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whose retreat and advance over the last 150 years has <\/span><b>helped scientists determine patterns in Earth\u2019s climate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mountain has <\/span><b>three major peaks: Liberty Cap, Point Success, and Columbia Crest <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the l<\/span><b>atter is the summit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, located on the rim of the caldera). <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Rainier is noted for <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">dense stands of coniferous trees on its lower slopes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scenic subalpine and alpine meadows\u2014with a profusion of wildflowers during the warmer months\u2014waterfalls and lakes, and an abundance of wildlife.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/hundreds-of-earthquakes-detected-at-mount-rainier-in-us-officials-assess-potential-risks-8857603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NDTV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Rainier, at 4,392 metres, is the highest mountain in Washington state, USA, and a prominent stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. 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