Yellowstone Supervolcano Earthquake Swarm Now One Of Biggest On Record, With Over 2,300 Tremors

[Purveyor]

BY HANNAH OSBORNE ON 9/1/17 AT 9:05 AM

An ongoing earthquake swarm at Yellowstone volcano is now one of the biggest ever recorded, with over 2,300 tremors since it began in June.

As of August 30, 2,357 earthquakes had been recorded. The most powerful in recent weeks was magnitude 3.3; it took place on August 21.

The most powerful in the current swarm was a magnitude 4.4, which was recorded on June 15. Most of the earthquakes were in the magnitude 0 or 1 range, with a further 181 recorded at magnitude 2 and 11 at magnitude 3. Another 53 were less than 0, meaning they were very small events that could be detected only with sensitive earthquake-monitoring instruments.

Jamie Farrell, a research professor at the University of Utah, which is involved in monitoring seismic activity at Yellowstone, told Newsweek that the swarm was “nothing out of the ordinary” and that it had “slowed down significantly but does occasionally have little bursts of activity that lasts for a few hours

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http://www.newsweek.com/yellowstone-supervolcano-earthquake-swarm-largest-recorded-658318

[ffr]

1. GD, is Mother Nature trying to tell us something, like she's about had enough of our stupidity?

That thing blows and you can kiss your American dream goodbye. Life as we know it would never be the same, globally, if you were one of the ones spared. You couldn't breathe the ash. Famine would ensue. It would be horrific to live through.

[Warpy]

2. I suspect there will be only minor activity at Yellowstone, if any

The North American plate has shifted to the SSW. The next supereruption (and there will be one) will likely be north of the present caldera and accompanied by extreme uplift of the region. The ultra hot magma will take the shortest route to the surface and it's blown mountains apart before.

I'm in the southern part of the ash fall zone but if it gets rid of the Orange Horror, bring it on.

[TexasTowelie]

3. They already made that movie.

[Purveyor]

4. I don't think I've watched this. May have just found this evening entertainment.

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I stumbled across "Snow Dogs" last night mainly because the the Husky's on the promo (have a Siberian) and loved it! LMAO...

[TexasTowelie]

5. LOL. I stumbled across this movie earlier this week

since I don't have a lot of entertainment options and I'm stuck at my apartment complex due to the flooding in Wharton. I like watching sci-fi movies so it seems like a freaky coincidence that this was a suggested video prior to the real-life version. Get your popcorn ready!

[Purveyor]

6. Thankfully you have power. I feel guilty sitting up here in Michigan with absolutely beautiful

weather. Best years of my life I spend around the Houston/Chambers County area.

All but certain I would have hitched the boat and headed down that way but have a diabetic dog I need to care for.

Hope all works out for you and those impacted by this horrific disaster. Godspeed.