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Sifford Mountain volcano

Updated: Aug 16, 2022 03:57 GMT - Refresh

Shield 2149 m / 7051 ft
California, United States, 40.42°N / -121.41°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)

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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Sifford Mountain volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
Lastest nearby earthquakes:

Time	Mag. / Depth	Distance/Location
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 2, 2022 10:32 am (GMT -7) (Aug 2, 2022 17:32 GMT)	2.3 14 km	47 km (29 mi) 16km N of Shingletown, CA

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Background

Sifford Mountain, a basaltic-to-andesitic shield volcano, rises in south-central Lassen National Park. It was probably active during the past 100,000 years (Clynne, in Wood and Kienle, 1990).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information

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