California Volcano Update; Salton Buttes Earthquake Swarm, Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake

The Salton Buttes volcano in California just produced a large earthquake swarm, with the largest quake being a magnitude 4.5. This volcano has active magma at depth, which has created more than a dozen fumaroles and mud pots, along with powering more than 100,000 homes through a geothermal power plant. This video will discuss the cause of the earthquake swarm which just occurred. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work “SaltonButtesMudVolcanoes20“, is a derivative image taken from a video at 0:15 (m:ss) (resized, cropped, text overlay, graphics overlay) from “The New Salton Sea Mud Pots / Mud Volcanoes“, by: slworking2 - Kevin Key Photography, Kevin Key, 2016, Posted on YouTube, Creative Commons on YouTube, YouTube account link: @slworking2, Video link: CC BY 3.0. “SaltonButtesMudVolcanoes20“ is used & licensed under CC BY 3.0 by If you would like to support this channel, consi