I used to live at the bottom of one, and I sometimes go up there to visit. I love to ski on that volcano. [COLOR=252525]Mammoth Mountain is a [/COLOR]
lava dome [COLOR=252525] complex in [/COLOR]
Mono County, California [COLOR=252525]. It lies in the southwestern corner of the [/COLOR]
Long Valley Caldera [6] [COLOR=252525] and consists of about 12 [/COLOR]
rhyodacite [COLOR=252525] and [/COLOR]
dacite [COLOR=252525] overlapping domes.[/COLOR]
[7] [COLOR=252525] These domes formed in a long series of eruptions from 110,000 to 57,000 years ago, building a volcano that reaches 11,059 feet (3,371 m) in elevation.[/COLOR]
[8] [COLOR=252525] During this time, massive [/COLOR]
dacite [COLOR=252525] eruptions occurred roughly every 5000 years.[/COLOR]
[9] [COLOR=252525]The volcano is still active with minor eruptions, the largest of which was a minor [/COLOR]
phreatic [COLOR=252525] (steam) eruption 700 years ago.[/COLOR]
[3] These are the earthquakes that have happened yesterday and so far today. It's actually been a quiet couple of days. [COLOR=333333]
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1.1 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657636.html]2016/07/02 06:03:04 37.578N 118.874W 0.0[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 11 km ( 7 mi) SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA 1.5 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657576.html]2016/07/02 01:26:13 37.519N 118.784W 6.8[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 22 km (13 mi) SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA 0.2 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nn00550309.html]2016/07/01 21:12:56 37.356N 118.022W 9.0[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 32 km (20 mi) NE of Big Pine, CA 1.5 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657491.html]2016/07/01 19:21:55 37.615N 118.863W 2.2[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 11 km ( 7 mi) ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA 0.4 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657441.html]2016/07/01 15:17:01 37.633N 118.877W 6.9[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 9 km ( 6 mi) E of Mammoth Lakes, CA 0.6 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657426.html]2016/07/01 14:50:51 37.573N 118.846W 1.0[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 14 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA 1.1 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nn00550223.html]2016/07/01 13:23:03 37.959N 118.461W 0.0[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 58 km (36 mi) NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA 0.8 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nn00550214.html]2016/07/01 12:40:43 37.200N 118.223W 0.0[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 7 km ( 4 mi) NE of Big Pine, CA 1.0 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657381.html]2016/07/01 11:41:12 37.462N 118.597W 8.8[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 17 km (10 mi) NW of West Bishop, CA 0.9 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657256.html]2016/07/01 05:07:52 37.456N 118.841W 5.2[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 23 km (15 mi) SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA 0.0 [U][COLOR=999999][URL=http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Quakes/nc72657246.html]2016/07/01 04:24:45 37.638N 118.972W 4.7[/URL][/COLOR][/U] 1 km ( 0 mi) E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
[/COLOR] . There were a couple of people that fell into a vent on the mountain a few years ago. A couple more people tried to rescue them and died. There are natural hot springs in the area and that area smells of sulphur. Nasty.