Over 1,000 earthquakes rattle Yellowstone in July in ‘doozy’ of month, geologists say

Idaho Statesman ^ | AUGUST 03, 2021 08:27 AM | Maddie Capron

[BenLurkin]

The region hit that number largely in part to seven earthquake swarms, including a massive swarm that rattled the region starting July 15.

The swarm, which was centered beneath Yellowstone Lake, had more than 764 quakes. The largest was a magnitude 3.6 on July 16.

Swarms are typical in Yellowstone and account for about half of the total seismic activity in the region, USGS said. Larger swarms have happened before in Yellowstone.

In 2017, more than 1,100 earthquakes shook the region in June, in part because of a swarm of more than 2,400 quakes that lasted three months... In 1985, more than 3,000 quakes shook the area.

[butlerweave]

Well that’s Jellystone for you

[Bob434]

ah, nope- i didnt’ know that- thanks- interesting-

[GingisK]

Joe verses the volcano?

[politicianslie]

I’ll be there in a few days

I plan on staying in West Yellowstone and I will be drinking plenty of beer if the earthquakes become more severe like they did before Mt St Helen’s erupted. I was on Patrol up north of Iceland when that happened and I remember reading a story about it early one morning after getting off watch

As a young navy officer, I was stationed in Idaho and I lived in Idaho Falls. Every chance I could, I drove over to Yellowstone. I’ve been back several times since then but none of the visits were as good as when I used to check out gear and go snow shoe. The only Yellowstone access in winter was the northwest entrance so I had to drive up through Montana and then back south into the park. But in winter, I had lots of things all to myself.

Not all of Yellowstone’s eruptions are the BIG ones so the odds are with me that I’ll be driving away in a couple of weeks all inspired again