Where are volcanoes in eastern US?

Answer 1

At the time of writing this answer, there are no active volcanoes in the eastern US - the eastern US being generally regarded as all states east of the Mississippi.

But there are areas of possible earthquake hazard in the eastern US.

New Madrid fault: This is potentially the most dangerous fault zone in the entire country and is located in northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri, west Kentucky and west Tennessee, with areas in Illinois, Indiana, and Mississippi also likely to be affected.

There are less dangerous fault zones in east Tennessee/western North Carolina, southeast of South Carolina, and northern New York/Vermont.

The states which have active or potentially active areas of volcanic activity within their borders are (in alphabetical order):

Alaska: Wrangeli, more than 30 between Spurr and Kiska in the Aleutians.

Arizona: Sunset Crater cinder cone, Uinkaret volcanic field

California: Mt. Shasta, Medicine Lake, Lassen Peak, Clear Lake, Coso, Long Valley caldera

Colorado: Dotsero maar

Idaho: Craters of the Moon

Nevada: Steamboat Springs lava domes

New Mexico: Carizzozo Cinder Cone, Valles Caldera and Zuni-Bandera field

Oregon:three Sisterns, Mt Hood, Mt Jefferson, Newberry Crater, Crater Lake

Utah: Black Rock, Markagunt and Santa Clara fields,

Washington: Mt St Helens, Mr Baker, Mt Rainer, Glacier Peak.

Wyoming: Yellowstone

Answer 2

There are no active volcanoes in the eastern United States. The closest active volcanoes to the eastern US are in the western US, mainly in states like Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. The last volcanic activity in the eastern US occurred in Georgia and South Carolina over 200 million years ago.

Answer 3

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None that are active. The only Volcanoes in the Midwest and East Coast are extinct, last erupting millions of years ago.