Volcanoes of or near Idaho, USA (9)

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Latest earthquakes: Idaho

In the past 7 days, Idaho has had 5 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above and 15 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 70 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.

A Magnitude 2.7 earthquake occurred in 23 km N of Spencer, Idaho .

Magnitude 2.7 Earthquake 23 km N of Spencer, Idaho -

Date and Time	Mag / Depth	Nearest Volcano / Location
Oct 4, 01:48 am (Denver)	2.7 9.8 km	120 km (75 mi) N of Hell's Half Acre	Beaverhead County, Montana, 56 mi northwest of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, United States I FELT IT	Info
Friday, October 3, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 2, 09:19 pm (Boise)	3.9 5 km	119 km (74 mi) N of Hell's Half Acre	Clark County, 56 mi northwest of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, United States I FELT IT - 1 report	Info
Thursday, October 2, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 1, 08:20 pm (Denver)	3.4 22 km	247 km (153 mi) N of Craters of the Moon	15 km W of Wisdom, Montana I FELT IT	Info
Sunday, September 28, 2025 GMT (3 quakes)
Sep 28, 10:21 am (Denver)	3.0 10 km	120 km (75 mi) N of Hell's Half Acre	24 km NNW of Spencer, Idaho I FELT IT	Info
Sep 28, 01:38 am (Denver)	3.1 7.8 km	44 km (27 mi) N of Yellowstone	22 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming I FELT IT - 1 report	Info
Sep 28, 01:29 am (Denver)	3.2 7.8 km	44 km (27 mi) N of Yellowstone	22 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming I FELT IT - 1 report	Info

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Volcano List

Blackfoot Lava Field

(Pyroclastic cone(s) 2185 m / 7169 ft)

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Craters of the Moon

(cinder cones 2005 m / 6,578 ft)

North Crater in winter (NPS photo)

The Craters of the Moon are located at the NW end of the largest lava field of the Snake River Plain in Idaho, USA. The volcanic field contains over 60 lava flows, 25 cinder cones up to 250-m high, and 8 eruptive fissure systems, and covers an area of 1600 km2.
The Craters ... [more info]

Hell's Half Acre

(shield volcano 1631 m / 5,351 ft)

Hell's Half Acre is the easternmost and second largest of the young basaltic lava fields of the Snake River Plain, Idaho. It covers an area of about 400 sq km SW of Idaho Falls. The last eruptions occurred about 5200 years ago. [more info]

Menan Buttes

(Tuff cone(s) 1713 m / 5620 ft)

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Mountain Home-Kuna Lava Field

(Pyroclastic cone(s) 1040 m / 3412 ft)

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Shoshone

(shield volcano 1478 m / 4,849 ft)

The Shoshone or Black Butte lava field is the westernmost of the young lava fields of the Eastern Snake River Plain. It lies north of Twin Falls, Idaho and created an L-shaped lava flow 2-to-5 km in width that extends 60 km S and then west.
The last activity from Shoshone ... [more info]

Sinker Butte

(Shield 1012 m / 3320 ft)

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Wapi Lava Field

(shield volcano 1604 m / 5,262 ft)

Kings Bowl and Great Rift from air. King's Bowl is a phreatic explosion pit 280 feet (90 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) deep, caused by lava meeting groundwater and producing a steam explosion 2,200 years ago. (NPS photo)

The Wapi lava field, SE of the Craters of the Moon, Idaho, is a low shield volcano that formed during an eruption about 2250 years ago, which produced about 6 cubic km of fluid pahoehoe lava flows. It covers about 325 km2, and consists of a low shield volcano, which partly overla... [more info]

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