Salton Sea Volcano Mystery Solved The Salton Buttes, five volcanoes at the Salton lake's southern tip, last erupted between 940 and 0 B.C., not 30,000 years ago, as previously thought, according ...

Salton Sea Volcano Mystery Solved Earthquake swarms and a region-wide rotten egg smell recently reminded Southern California residents they live next to an active volcano field, tiny though it may be.

Moonset at Rock Hill, one of five volcanoes that comprise the Salton Buttes. The buttes last erupted between 940 and 0 B.C., not 30,000 years ago, as previously thought, a new study finds.

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Salton Sea interactive: California's dying sea The group of volcanoes, which is located in Imperial County, is considered a high risk for an eruption by USGS. This is mostly due to their age.

The Salton Sea covers more than 380 square miles and is 35 miles long. And along the southeast shoreline in the Imperial Valley near Niland lies an explosive history going back thousands of years ...

The Salton Sea lies on the San Andreas Fault, and from the island, we could glimpse several other extinct volcanoes along the southeast shoreline. Graham and companions set up camp on the mudflats ...

In an aerial view, steam rises from fumaroles, or steam vents, situated between two of the five Salton Buttes lava dome volcanoes that line the southeastern edge of the Salton Sea and are heated ...