Salton Buttes, United States

Cinder cone · -40 m (-131 ft) · US-California

Salton Buttes is a cinder cone in the United States, -40 m (-131 ft) high. Its last known eruption: undated, but a probable Holocene eruption. NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Salton Buttes on the map

Salton Buttes and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

Since 1964
1900 to 1963
1800s
AD 1 to 1799
Before AD 1, or undated

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Now

From the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, read 02:26 UTC. USGS threat ranking: Low Threat.

Normal / Green California Volcano Observatory rates Salton Buttes at alert level Normal, aviation color code Green.

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The volcano

Type: Cinder cone
Elevation: -40 m (-131 ft)
Country: United States
Region: US-California
Summit: 33.197° N, 115.616° W
Last known eruption: Undated, but a probable Holocene eruption
Holocene activity known from: Holocene
Smithsonian volcano number: 323200

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Salton Buttes Ash advisories and webcams on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Alert levels, color codes and notices from the USGS Volcano Hazards Program and its observatories, public domain. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.