Silver Lake Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 00:39 GMT -
cinder cones 1535 m / 5,036 ft
California (Canada and USA (mainland)), 40.73°N / -121.84°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
California (Canada and USA (mainland)), 40.73°N / -121.84°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Silver Lake is one of many volcanic fields northern California. It consists of 3 small explosion craters The volcano consists of 3 small cinder cones and lava lakes. The craters contain lakes: Silver Lake, Author Lake, and Buckhorn Lake.
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Silver Lake volcano eruptions: none during the past 10,000 years
Latest nearby earthquakes
Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
Apr 18, 04:36 am (Los Angeles) | 1.5 3.6 km | 12 km (7.5 mi) to the S | 16 km NNE of Shingletown, CA | Info | |
Thursday, April 11, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
Apr 11, 04:44 pm (Los Angeles) | 2.2 16 km | 21 km (13 mi) to the S | 6 km N of Shingletown, CA | Info |
Silver Lake Volcano Photos
A lava fountain casts its shadow onto the silvery crust of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Silvery, ropy stripes record the initial streching the thin crust of the lava lake has undergone immediately before cooling sufficiently to become locally rigid. hawaii_e...
Thin, silvery crust of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Silvery surface of the lava lake crust (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)