Lavic Lake Volcano
Updated: Apr 20, 2024 13:21 GMT -
volcanic field 1495 m / 4,905 ft
California (Canada and USA (mainland)), 34.75°N / -116.63°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
California (Canada and USA (mainland)), 34.75°N / -116.63°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Lavic Lake, a dry lakebed in the Mojave desert, California, is a volcanic field of 4 cinder cones, 3 of which are in the Lavic Lake area and a fourth in the Rodman Maountains 20 km to the west.
Pisgah crater is the main feature, a prominent 100 m high cinder cone north of Lavic Lake surrounded by an 80 km2 basalt lava flow field.
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Lavic Lake volcano eruptions:
Latest nearby earthquakes
| Time | Mag. / Depth | Distance / Location | |||
| Apr 11, 03:57 am (Los Angeles) | 1.2 5.8 km | 24 km (15 mi) to the E |  20 km WNW of Ludlow, CA | Info | |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2024 GMT (1 quake) | |||||
| Apr 10, 04:55 pm (Los Angeles) | 1.3 13 km | 20 km (13 mi) to the NE | 36 km WNW of Ludlow, CA | Info | |
Background
Vents near Pisgah crater were the source of mostly pahoehoe lava flows that traveled 8 km SE to Lavic Lake, and in a narrow lobe as far as 18 km west of the vent. Paleomagnetic, argon-argon, and cosmogenic helium dated locate it at about 25,000 years before present. Another very youthful looking, but undated cinder cone and lava field of the Lavic Lake volcanic field is located in the Sunshine Peak area of the Lava Beds Mountains, south of the better known Pisgah Crater.---
Source: GVP Lavic Lake information
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