[lafroste]

Is this in the same area as the super caldera? Ruh-oh.

[dragnet2]

The people in that region, and downwind better hope another massive eruption never occurs in that area again.

[pillut48]

[NRA2BFree]

Yikes! That’s not good.

[GOP Poet]

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[jws3sticks]

Let's not ring our hands too much. Earthquakes are not uncommon in Yellowstone.

Here a US map of recent earthquakes. The area with many are in the Mammoth area of CA Serra Nevada mountains, just as big as the Calderon as the one in Yellowstone.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/

[djf]

26 quakes in Yellowstone caldera in the last 48 hours

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/special/Yellowstone.php

Maybe we won’t need to buy fireworks for this New Years...

[jws3sticks]

Who knows, maybe Yellowstone Lake will be a great "hot tub" next summer.

Check out this collection of earth quakes in the last three days:

2.0 2008/12/29 12:37:07 44.493N 110.366W 1.0 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.2 2008/12/29 12:28:56 44.516N 110.375W 1.6 60 km (37 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.3 2008/12/29 12:14:49 44.521N 110.369W 1.8 60 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.5 2008/12/28 22:30:04 44.507N 110.371W 0.8 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.2 2008/12/28 22:23:37 44.511N 110.369W 1.2 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

1.9 2008/12/28 21:29:18 44.522N 110.385W 1.0 59 km (37 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.9 2008/12/28 21:25:54 44.504N 110.364W 0.6 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.6 2008/12/28 16:57:56 44.521N 110.371W 1.4 60 km (37 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.0 2008/12/28 16:08:25 44.491N 110.390W 1.7 60 km (37 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.1 2008/12/28 12:55:17 44.511N 110.353W 0.7 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.0 2008/12/28 12:32:15 44.511N 110.356W 2.7 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

0.8 2008/12/28 08:38:51 44.492N 110.364W 2.5 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.8 2008/12/28 08:37:40 44.514N 110.359W 0.0 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.2 2008/12/28 02:25:14 44.508N 110.364W 1.9 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.2 2008/12/28 02:23:57 44.511N 110.361W 0.4 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.2 2008/12/28 00:15:19 44.487N 110.358W 0.4 62 km (39 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.1 2008/12/27 23:37:20 44.491N 110.383W 0.2 60 km (37 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.4 2008/12/27 22:23:54 44.490N 110.360W 1.9 62 km (39 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.8 2008/12/27 22:15:56 44.492N 110.365W 0.2 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.6 2008/12/27 17:08:50 44.493N 110.354W 0.4 62 km (39 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.3 2008/12/27 15:30:03 44.498N 110.358W 4.3 62 km (39 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

1.5 2008/12/27 15:28:53 44.500N 110.368W 2.1 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

1.8 2008/12/27 15:27:36 44.499N 110.367W 2.5 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

1.0 2008/12/27 14:28:06 44.500N 110.362W 3.5 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

0.9 2008/12/27 14:27:41 44.498N 110.364W 2.4 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

1.6 2008/12/27 14:22:08 44.495N 110.372W 2.6 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.1 2008/12/27 14:08:49 44.496N 110.370W 2.0 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.2 2008/12/27 13:26:27 44.505N 110.364W 2.4 61 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.5 2008/12/27 13:17:33 44.488N 110.357W 4.1 62 km (39 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

2.3 2008/12/27 11:56:35 44.484N 110.367W 0.5 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

3.0 2008/12/27 11:23:07 44.495N 110.364W 2.8 62 km (38 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT

[jws3sticks]

Here the visual image, including the red line out-lining the calderon.

If lucky, the page may update from time to time.

[dfwgator]