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Year: 2022

‘The Bulge’ is back: USGS scientists detect renewed uplift near South Sister volcano

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Some two decades after first drawing widespread attention, a small (but detectable by satellite) uplift near the South Sister volcano is making news once again, with a quicker rate of rising ground than seen for years, accompanied by some small but noticeable, shallow earthquakes. But an eruption, geologists assure, is not in the cards any time soon.

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