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Yellowstone showing seismic activity.
USGS ^ | 01/17/10

Posted on 01/17/2010 3:58:13 PM PST by winoneforthegipper

Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 22:43:34 UTC Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 03:43:34 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 44.565°N, 110.972°W Depth 6.5 km (4.0 miles) Region YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING Distances 15 km (9 miles) SE (136°) from West Yellowstone, MT 30 km (19 miles) ENE (76°) from Island Park, ID 56 km (35 miles) SSW (201°) from Gardiner, MT 430 km (267 miles) N (10°) from Salt Lake City, UT

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 1.4 km (0.9 miles) Parameters NST= 24, Nph= 24, Dmin=11 km, Rmss=0.14 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2 Source University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Event ID uu00000288

(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Montana; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: caldera; catastrophism; earthquake; earthquakes; eq; supervolcano; usgs; yellowstone
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To: winoneforthegipper

Central Oklahoma has had 4 quakes in the last week, the largest was 4.0


61 posted on 01/17/2010 4:34:49 PM PST by beefree
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To: Gondring
If he survives the explosion let me predict his comment ahead of time:

This disaster has happened because of all of the wolves killed by heartless ranchers.

62 posted on 01/17/2010 4:35:01 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (These fragments I have shored against my ruins)
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To: winoneforthegipper
Just recorded another one...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/uu00000308.php

63 posted on 01/17/2010 4:37:02 PM PST by HangnJudge
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To: beefree
Yes, I saw that. Quite a few places have had seismic occurrences this week.
64 posted on 01/17/2010 4:37:35 PM PST by winoneforthegipper (I will follow the "True North-star" and that's, Sarah!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

We went through this a year ago, didn’t we? It was scary then. It’s scary now. The Yellowstone Caldera is a sleeping monster. And from what I remember from last year it’s overdue for a major eruption.


65 posted on 01/17/2010 4:41:14 PM PST by LiberConservative
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To: Halgr

What would constitute something “out of the ordinary” -— and were it to occur, wouldn’t the Internet go wild with the news?


66 posted on 01/17/2010 4:41:55 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Shqipo
Ring of Fire

As a young wag, I used to use that in conjunction with "circumcision by BIC lighter"...

67 posted on 01/17/2010 4:42:53 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: winoneforthegipper

A recent article about the previous swarm.

http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/01/04/yellowstone-earthquakes-swarm-supervolcano-update


68 posted on 01/17/2010 4:43:26 PM PST by winoneforthegipper (I will follow the "True North-star" and that's, Sarah!)
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To: beefree

And I believe I heard 30+ over the last few months, mostly near Jones Oklahoma. We don’t need earthquakes, tornadoes are our thing.


69 posted on 01/17/2010 4:44:53 PM PST by pepperdog (As Israel goes, so goes America!)
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To: Halgr

Yup, but what is the fun in having a calm reasoned approach to this? Its a LOT more fun to create a panic on wild speculation.


70 posted on 01/17/2010 4:45:02 PM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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To: Battle Axe

The worst earthquake disaster that had a reasonable chance of happening in our lifetimes is a magnitude ~ 9 or so earthquake on the Himalayan Thrust; that would likely see over a million killed in Northern India.

Istanbul is probably in greater overall danger than Mexico City, as is Tokyo and Manila, off the top of my head.


71 posted on 01/17/2010 4:46:18 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: HerrBlucher

LOL

I’m substantially more interested in what’s going on in the state of Mass.


72 posted on 01/17/2010 4:48:10 PM PST by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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To: winoneforthegipper

There is a tendency after an event like Haiti and the various programs documenting the Yellowstone supervolcano for people to freak out for lack of knowledge surrounding the seismic activity there. You post is entirely lacking on the seismic history and whether or not these quakes were significant. If it were your point that these are ‘fun to watch’ you should have made it clear at the get go. As a geologist and a Montanan I see too much knee jerk reactions about Yellowstone as there is.


73 posted on 01/17/2010 4:48:54 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: HerrBlucher
Yup, but what is the fun in having a calm reasoned approach to this? Its a LOT more fun to create a panic on wild speculation.

It's people accessing geological data without enough geological knowledge to put it into context; one of the hazards of so much great realtime, raw data being available on the internet.

This is nothing compared to the massive Long Valley Caldera earthquake swarms and the general panic on USEnet back in the 1990s; there were hordes of people convinced it was going to blow and the USGS was covering it up, etc.

74 posted on 01/17/2010 4:51:06 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: pepperdog

Now I have experienced both. I live 15 miles from epicenter. It jolted me in bed, I heard a loud boom and the windows rattled. It reminded me of the OKC bombing. Oddly, I slept through the 4.0 at 9:18 but was awakened by the 3.8 at 9:27. Somehow, I knew it was an earthquake. I lived in Moore in May ‘99 and survived the direct hit of F5. (God is great)


75 posted on 01/17/2010 4:52:00 PM PST by beefree
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To: Godzilla

Thanks for that Godzilla...my daughter is moving to Montana next month, and this thread scared me.

BTW, how is the job market out there?

Thanks!


76 posted on 01/17/2010 4:52:59 PM PST by roses of sharon ("After God, we believe in America", a Haitian to a U.S. Marine who gave him water.)
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To: Godzilla
Point taken.

However, I may remind you, that this will be reported in the next few hours and no doubt posted on this board as a new swarm.

If you note the terminology “small seismic activity” well I did not think that to be too much of a chicken little approach.

77 posted on 01/17/2010 4:53:31 PM PST by winoneforthegipper (I will follow the "True North-star" and that's, Sarah!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

It’s a miracle, nobody has come onto this thread yet and declared it’s a sign of the end times.


78 posted on 01/17/2010 5:05:38 PM PST by ReformedBeckite
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To: winoneforthegipper

Camped in the Park a few days before the 1959 quake which impacted the Madison River.

Visited again and stayed in the same campground, along the rerouted Madison River (near West Entrance).


79 posted on 01/17/2010 5:06:27 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: roses of sharon

Depends upon type of job and location. MT is very susceptible to economic swings. She should also be ready for snow and COLD. Natives know how to play in the winter - immigrants are often challenged. MT is a land of wonders year round.


80 posted on 01/17/2010 5:07:42 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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