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Earthquake rocks Yellowstone National Park near supervolcano feared to be overdue for eruption
Daily Mail ^ | 7/16/26 | Chris Melore

Posted on 07/16/2026 9:57:23 AM PDT by week 71

The US Geological Survey detected a magnitude 3.3 quake at 9.20am ET Thursday morning right along the Yellowstone River inside the Wyoming park.

The minor quake's epicenter was recorded just seven miles from the Yellowstone caldera, the bowl-shaped volcanic depression within the famous national park.

Last year, scientists discovered tens of thousands of previously unrecorded earthquakes which could be hinting that Yellowstone's supervolcano is building up to an eruption.

An international research team used AI to listen to 15 years of Yellowstone recordings and discovered 86,000 tiny earthquakes that human experts had missed. That was about ten times the number of quakes researchers previously believed had taken place.

In the past three weeks, 11 minor quakes have been recorded by USGS in the area around the caldera.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: ai; chrismelore; dailymail; earthquakes; eruption; volcano; wyoming; yellowstone

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Obvious click bait. But the Yellowstone volcano is fascinating to me. I love the park.
1 posted on 07/16/2026 9:57:23 AM PDT by week 71
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To: week 71
I don't think of a 3.3 magnitude earthquake as "rocks."

-PJ

2 posted on 07/16/2026 10:00:59 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: week 71

Reporters love these ai stories. They said almost the exact same thing about Solfaterra some months ago.


3 posted on 07/16/2026 10:01:27 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: week 71

4 posted on 07/16/2026 10:01:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Laughed out loud!


5 posted on 07/16/2026 10:03:32 AM PDT by week 71
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To: week 71

Eruptions Have Consequences


6 posted on 07/16/2026 10:04:17 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: week 71

We’re all gonna die😱 Fear porn


7 posted on 07/16/2026 10:05:01 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: week 71

Maybe it’s just the bison’s tossing geezers.


8 posted on 07/16/2026 10:06:02 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: week 71

“Thousands (theoretically) dead! Women and minorities hardest hit! Trump slashed funding to prevent volcanoes!” :)


9 posted on 07/16/2026 10:07:08 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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-— Maybe it’s just the bison’s tossing geezers.-—

Goodness that is hilarious! I don’t mean to laugh at his misfortune. A fractured femur is a big deal. I’m glad he survived.


10 posted on 07/16/2026 10:08:43 AM PDT by week 71
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yeah, my vibrating bed is higher than 3.3 Richter scale lol


11 posted on 07/16/2026 10:09:56 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is best form of worship to Gods.. per Bhagavad at ratio Geeta, the Hindu sacred book. )
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To: week 71
I'm glad he's okay, too. And, that the bison won't be put down (why that was even a consideration, is crazy). The old guy seems to be taking it all in good humor, too.

Okay ... who did this? 🤣


12 posted on 07/16/2026 10:12:07 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: week 71

Selling us climate fears from this to super El Nino, and bomb cyclones, atmospheric rivers, cat 7 hurricanes, Extreme tornadoes and much much more. Trump’s fault


13 posted on 07/16/2026 10:12:32 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: week 71
Last year, scientists discovered tens of thousands of previously unrecorded earthquakes

An international research team used AI to listen to 15 years of Yellowstone recordings and discovered 86,000 tiny earthquakes that human experts had missed.

Definitly a nothingburger study.

If the AI were to study the 15 years before the study period would it find 86,000 missed quakes or 186,000 missed quakes.

This is the same error the Global Warmist make in saying that data shows the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate.

The data collected today can't be compare to the data collected decades ago because the instrumentation used today is radically different that 20 years ago in quantity and a quality.

The only value in this study is something we already knew.

AI can analyze data better than humans.

14 posted on 07/16/2026 10:13:32 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: week 71; SaveFerris; Kenny Bania; PROCON

Those brave Yellowstoans!


15 posted on 07/16/2026 10:14:03 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: week 71

Here is the scientific explanation of what will happen. Doesn't look too bad to me . . . .

16 posted on 07/16/2026 10:14:52 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: week 71

I spent much of the summer of 1985 around Alpine, WY. There were lots of little quakes, maybe one a week or so that you could notice. It’s a seismically active part of the world.


17 posted on 07/16/2026 10:15:59 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Larry Lucido

Modern seismic networks detect roughly 20,000 earthquakes per year with magnitude 2.5 or greater, averaging about 55 per day. If you include earthquakes below magnitude 2.5, the true number is many thousands to tens of thousands every day.
Earthquakes people actually notice
Felt by people: a few dozen each day worldwide.
Capable of causing damage (M5.0+): about 4 per day on average.
Major destructive earthquakes (M7.0+): about 16 per year, or roughly one every three weeks.
Great earthquakes (M8.0+): about one per year, though some years have none and others have several.
These are long-term averages; individual years can vary considerably because earthquake occurrence is naturally irregular.


18 posted on 07/16/2026 10:17:32 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: BenLurkin

19 posted on 07/16/2026 10:19:42 AM PDT by Bratch
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