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.

Salton Sea Volcano Mystery Solved. News. By Becky Oskin published 25 October 2012 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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.

CALIPATRIA– A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the Salton Sea early Friday morning, jolting residents and triggering a ...

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 ...

Electric vehicle boom could turn Salton Sea into America’s Lithium ... Standing on top of a nearby dormant volcano, with the drying sea on one side and steam pouring from rows of geothermal ...

The Salton Sea exists because floodwaters breached a Colorado River canal in 1905. Understanding that is crucial in efforts to save the drying lake.

Salton City, California — Damien Lopez, age 4, has symptoms that many people who live near Southern California's Salton Sea also have. "His cough gets very wheezy. I try to control him," his ...

California and Biden administration officials on Tuesday announced new ecosystem restoration plans for the dwindling Salton Sea, where conservation efforts aim to improve regional air quality and s… ...

California’s 10-year plan for the Salton Sea, which came out in 2017, called for building nearly 30,000 acres of dust-control projects and wetland habitat around the lake by 2028.