Volcano profile

United States

Medicine Lake.

Volcano profile for Medicine Lake in United States, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Shield volcano
Elevation
2,412 m
Last documented eruption
1060
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 3 highest recorded · latest VEI 1 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
41.611°, -121.554°
GVP number
323020

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No current eruption report

United States

Medicine Lake

Shield volcano

Elevation
2,412 m
Last documented eruption
1060
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
41.611°, -121.554°
Volcanic region (GVP)
High Cascades Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
GVP
323020
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Medicine Lake · United States

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Jan 1910Not available1?Uncertain eruption
1060Uncertain datingNot available3?Confirmed eruption
1010Uncertain datingNot available3Confirmed eruption
840Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
830Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
780Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1000 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1130 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption
3090 BCENot available—Confirmed eruption
3190 BCEUncertain datingNot available0Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Medicine Lake · No current eruption report · 2,412 m

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC