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Hannah Osborne

'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation

View of a mountain covered with snow with trees and fields in the foreground and a cloudy sky.

Scientists are trying to establish what caused an unusual spike in earthquakes at the Mount Adams volcano in Washington state by installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations at the site.

In September, six small earthquakes were recorded at the "high threat" volcano. Normally, it only experiences one earthquake every two to three years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO).

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