Yellowstone might go on first stage alert soon.

USGS ^ | 2/10/2010 | Myself

[Steve Van Doorn]

Since January 17, 2010 Yellowstone has had the second largest swarm ever recorded. The swarms have been steady at about 10 miles in depth and they have subsided a few days ago.

In the past two days the depth has raised up to around 7 miles and in the past couple hours quakes vastly increased.

http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/ymr_webi.htm
http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/111-44.html

Remember this doesn’t mean we will see an eruption and it most likely means a normal volcano. It is very unlikely we will see a caldera eruption.
But these changes are significant and cannot be over looked

Some history:
Since the most recent giant caldera-forming eruption, 640,000 years ago, approximately 80 relatively nonexplosive eruptions have occurred. Of these eruptions, at least 27 were rhyolite lava flows in the caldera, 13 were rhyolite lava flows outside the caldera and 40 were basalt vents outside the caldera. Some of the eruptions were approximately the size of the devastating 1991 Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines, and several were much larger. The most recent volcanic eruption at Yellowstone, a lava flow on the Pitchstone Plateau, occurred 70,000 years ago.

[Hot Tabasco]

Uh oh, everyone living near the river had better prepare for the eventual tsunami.........

[spotbust1]

I made it through the Pinatubo eruption. Scary stuff that.

[stormer]

I'm lazy - glad I wasn't around. This is more my speed - no floods here...

[winoneforthegipper]

A few years back I read a few scientific articles on how the formation of the Sahara commenced, was Namib the same way?

Forgive me I don't know if all deserts formed the same way.

[Mad Dawgg]

"It is very unlikely we will see a caldera eruption

Is this just hopeful thinking or is there a scientific basses for the answer."

You got to parse that statement, anyone close enough to "see" that eruption won't live long enough to report about it.

Anyone who lives through the eruption will be to far away to actually "see" it.

[winoneforthegipper]

Today we had in succession up the coast we had a quake in Argentina, then Peru, then Panama, then Haiti, and then the Cayman Islands.

Haiti, is slightly north of the Caymans but I think the theory will still hold. If this is true there should be a response in the next few hours from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge perhaps as far north as the European intersection.

[Mad Dawgg]

"If Jellystone blows the ash cloud will circle the planet in less than a week. Iowa will not be passed over. Oh and globull warming will be the least of our worries."

In fact if there is such a thing as man-made globull warming then it will be cured in a single instant!

[mad_as_he$$]

Absolutely. Stunnng display of nature’s power.

[stormer]

The Namib is the world's oldest desert (55 million years). It's hyper-arid because it's at a latitude where the air descends and dries - Patagonian, Great Australian, and Kalahari Deserts are at the same latitude. The sand is primarily from sediments carried down the Orange River (Namibia/South Africa border) and deposited on shore by the north flowing Benguela current. It is then blown inland by the prevailing westerlies. Anyone having even a remote interest in visiting Africa should consider Namibia - it is absolutely spectacular - I been several times, and would highly recommend it.

[winoneforthegipper]

I googled some images since your last post.

Beautiful would be an understatement.

[guitarplayer1953]

If it goes the entire Midwest bread basket will be covered in ash. So if you don't die from breathing the ash and it turning into concrete in your lungs you will starve to death.

[winoneforthegipper]

So the mid atlantic ridge between the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate did not produce. However, I 5.0 a few minutes ago occurred on the tectonic boundary of the Eurasian and the indo-australian plate.

Magnitude 5.0 - KYRGYZSTAN
2010 March 02 01:55:39 UTC

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tiaf.php#maps

Interesting enough for two days ago when the same progression occurred, it did manifest on the southern mid-atlantic ridge and ended near Greece on the Eurasian/African plate fault.

[winoneforthegipper]

Things to note:

I am going deep sea fishing on the Atlantic this weekend and in calling a few of my favorite captains, some interesting words were exchanged.

Seems from New Jersey down to Maryland there has been unusually strong tides, full moon related, but seems more than normal even for that.

So huge waves in the Mediterranean Sea, shipping lanes closing in fast in the Baltic and tides that have not returned to normal in the pacific after the Tsunami this weekend leads to plenty of speculation.

Oh and Oarfish showing up along the coast of Japan...lol! By the way, Utah has become pretty active, not sure you noticed that?

[Steve Van Doorn]

Have you down loaded google maps and USGS EQ’s:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kml.php
California is having a lot of slippage going on and I noticed Coso volcano field in southern California has a small swarm going on.

Chile’s quake’s were very large it displaced a lot of water across the pacific.
There is a report the other day saying the earth tilted very slightly as a result.
i would imagine the world oceans would have to compensate for the very slight tilt and we might notice it in some areas.

[TChris]

So if you don't die from breathing the ash and it turning into concrete in your lungs you will starve to death.

Build up food storage.

Wheat is about $0.15/lb in 50 lb. bags from a grain elevator. You could have half a ton to store for $150.00.

A wheat grinder is either about $70 for a hand crank or about $275 for a good electric one.

Sam's Club for some big packs of yeast, cooking oil, salt, sugar, rice, etc.

Used 55 gal. poly water barrels are ~$30 each or so if you look around. Don't let starving be an option for your family.

[winoneforthegipper]

I have the program but have not installed it yet, not sure why...lol

I have noticed the quakes in California and the ones that have occurred along the juan de fuca. Those of course might be just after shocks associated with the large quake there last month.

Things are interesting, washington, wyoming, montana and utah have seen a rise in activity along with even the new madrid fault.

I remember reports from the Sumatra quake in 2004 where ground table water was effected tremendously then, perhaps our latest antagonist could weigh in on that one?....lol

[winoneforthegipper]

I thought you would find this interesting.

This is a webicorder from the Tetons range. It captured that large aftershock this morning from Chile and the large quake in Sumatra today.

Note how long the S/wave took to arrive after the initial P/wave. Also note the long duration of the swave. the World's tectonic plates must be getting sea-sick after this past week...lol

http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/imw_webi.htm

[winoneforthegipper]

Nice size aftershock on the Gorda(juan de fuca)plate overnight.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71359410.php#details

[guitarplayer1953]

The starving to death was a observation. I have been buying dry rice and beans along with other items that can be stored such as high quality tuna and other canned meats. I have several canisters op propane for my lanterns and they can double for a room heater by lighting them and keeping them on low and shutting off a room,(yes I know about airing out the room for fresh air periodically). I do need to get some water containers though. I have thoughr of getting the large ones that go on a trailer for spraying crops with and fill with water and collect rain water too. There are many thing to get prepared with because when TSHF there will be no electricity and no water.

[winoneforthegipper]

7.2 aftershock just hit in Chile. No tsunami expected basin wide, perhaps local.

Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 14:39:48 UTC
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:39:48 AM at epicenter

Location 34.290°S, 71.950°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
Distances 133 km (83 miles) N (349°) from Talca, Chile
137 km (85 miles) S (191°) from Valparaiso, Chile
147 km (92 miles) SW (233°) from SANTIAGO, Chile

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.5 km (7.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 54, Nph= 54, Dmin=597.7 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7