Posted on 06/29/2017 9:50:33 AM PDT by johnk
More than 800 earthquakes have now been recorded at the Yellowstone Caldera, a long-dormant supervolcano located in Yellowstone National Park, over the last two weeks - an ominous sign that a potentially catastrophic eruption could be brewing.
However, despite earthquakes occurring at a frequency unseen during any period in the past five years, the US Geological Survey says the risk level remains in the “green,” unchanged from its normal levels, according to Newsweek.
The biggest earthquake in this “swarm” - which registered a magnitude of 4.4 – took place on June 15, three days after the rumblings started. That quake was the biggest in the region since a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck close to Norris Geyser Basin in March 2014. This magnitude 4.4 earthquake was so powerful that people felt it in Bozman Montana, about eight miles away.
A scientist from the University of Utah said the quakes have also included five in the magnitude three range, and 68 in the magnitude two range.
“The swarm consists of one earthquake in the magnitude 4 range, five earthquakes in the magnitude 3 range, 68 earthquakes in the magnitude 2 range, 277 earthquakes in the magnitude 1 range, 508 earthquakes in the magnitude 0 range, and 19 earthquakes with magnitudes of less than zero,” the latest report said.
An earthquake with a magnitude less than zero is a very small event that can only be detected with the extremely sensitive instruments used in earthquake monitoring.”
The 'Sunset Lake' hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.
There is normally a rise in seismic activity before a volcano erupts. And scientists currently believe there’s a 10% chance that a “supervolcanic Category 7 eruption” could take place this century, as pointed out by theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.
An eruption, Kaku said, is long overdue: The last one occurred 640,000 years ago.
To be sure, the swarm has slowed down considerably this week, and larger swarms have been recorded in the past, according to Jacob Lowenstern, the scientists in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
Yet the possibility that the volcano could be on the verge of what’s called a “supereruption” should be enough to give the government pause. But scientists have said recently that there’s some evidence to suggest the next one could occur this century.
"Grand Prismatic" Hot Spring at Yellowstone.
So how would a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone impact the regional ecosystem, and the US more broadly? Well, as Liberty Blog’s Michael Snyder points out, it would be nothing short of catastrophic. Hundreds of cubic miles of ash, rock and lava would be blasted into the atmosphere, and this would likely plunge much of the northern hemisphere into several days of complete darkness. Virtually everything within 100 miles of Yellowstone would be immediately killed, but a much more cruel fate would befall those living in major cities outside of the immediate blast zone such as Salt Lake City and Denver.
Hot volcanic ash, rock and dust would rain down on those cities literally for weeks. In the end, it would be extremely difficult for anyone living in those communities to survive. In fact, it has been estimated that 90 percent of all people living within 600 miles of Yellowstone would be killed.
Experts project that such an eruption would dump a layer of volcanic ash that is at least 10 feet deep up to 1,000 miles away, and approximately two-thirds of the United States would suddenly become uninhabitable. The volcanic ash would severely contaminate most of our water supplies, and growing food in the middle of the country would become next to impossible.
In other words, it would be the end of our country as we know it today.
The rest of the planet, and this would especially be true for the northern hemisphere, would experience what is known as a “nuclear winter”. An extreme period of “global cooling” would take place, and temperatures around the world would fall by up to 20 degrees. Crops would fail all over the planet, and severe famine would sweep the globe.
In the end, billions could die.
So yes, this is a threat that we should take seriously.
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God says this about today....
Luke 21:8-12
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Oh nooooeeeee......WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!
Nothing to worry about, if that thing blows we’re all gone within weeks, but there’s nothing you can do about it.
Good thing I know how to make moonshine. Should come in handy in a barter economy.
Bunk.
The last three Yellowstone eruptions have been spaced roughly 600000 to 700000 years apart.
If the next massive eruption is next year, it won't be early; if it doesn't happen for another 10000 years, it won't be late.
Why does this article quote a theoretical physicist? Are we out of geologists or vulcanologists?
“But, thankfully, we don’t need to freak out anytime soon. It is extremely unlikely that these swarms will set off the supervolcano. In fact, the USGS sets the probability of the supervolcano erupting in the coming year at 1 in 730,000, and has kept its volcano alert level at green.
“Swarms in Yellowstone are a common occurrence,” Jamie Farrell, a research professor at the University of Utah, which is part of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), told Newsweek.
“On average, Yellowstone sees around 1,500-2,000 earthquakes per year. Of those, 40 to 50 percent occur as part of earthquake swarms.”
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-yellowstone-supervolcano-has-just-seen-878-earthquakes-in-two-weeks
Nope, we're not out of g's or v's, the author just couldn't find one willing to say what he wanted to write.
Whenever I see a headline at FR that has me immediately thinking "OMIGOD!!", I look closer and .. "Never mind, it's Zerohedge."
And "Liberty Blog" .. That sounds like a fountain of authoritative knowledge about volcanology.
They used up their 15 minutes of fame.
Because all the vulcanologists that monitor Yellowstone have said the swarm is not near the magma chamber and is a regularly recurring event that gives no indication of magma movement or introduction. Gas venting has not changed in the area and there are no new ground deformations being detected. Volcano status is still on GREEN and there are no indicators to change it.
Would certainly resolve the Obamacare problem.
That thing will blow when it is ready.
How can you have an earthquake with a magnitude less than zero?
Is there a bigger disaster-monger than that man?
The Yellowstone volcano is particularly dangerous because its magma is of the thick continental variety, as opposed to volcanoes located in the sea or continental edges. Being thicker, it traps the various gases, causing them to build to catastrophically violent levels. Volcanoes like those on Hawaii, on the other hand, consist of highly fluid “runny” magma. Those on continental margins, like Mt St Helens, are a combination of the two because both magma types are in the mix.
Trump’s fault. Trump and those damned SUVs.
Womyn and minorities will be hardest hit.
Why? Are they at Yellowstone?......................
We live about 35 miles east of Yellowstone Lake and I can tell you that earthquakes are pretty common here.
I can also tell you that we’re blessed to have a hot spring that we use to heat our house, barns, garage, driveway, hot tub, and pool before the water gets released into the creek.
The water temperature from the spring is a steady 187F all year long. If we see it start to rise we’ll be packing up and heading west ASAP.
Until then I’m not worried about it.
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