Rainier, United States
Rainier is a stratovolcano in the United States, 4,392 m (14,409 ft) high. Its last known eruption: 1800 to 1899. NOAA records no significant eruption here.
Rainier on the map
Rainier and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.
- Since 1964
- 1900 to 1963
- 1800s
- AD 1 to 1799
- Before AD 1, or undated
Now
From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 19:48 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Very High Threat.
Normal / Green Cascades Volcano Observatory rates Rainier at alert level Normal, aviation color code Green, since 2025-08-25 22:38 UTC.
CVO Mount Rainier GREEN/NORMAL - Earthquake activity at Mount Rainier has returned to typical rates of seismicity.
The volcano
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 4,392 m (14,409 ft)
- Country
- United States
- Region
- US-Washington
- Summit
- 46.853° N, 121.760° W
- Last known eruption
- 1800 to 1899
- Holocene activity known from
- Dendrochronology
- Smithsonian volcano number
- 321030
Significant eruptions
NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.
None on record.
Around it
The volcanoes within 300 km.
Earthquakes near RainierVolcanic ash advisories on the live map
Sources
Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.