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Small Earthquakes in Yellowstone (30 in 48 hours, 4 in last hour)
AP ^ | 12/27/2008

Posted on 12/29/2008 12:42:55 PM PST by jeffers

Edited on 12/29/2008 1:06:00 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - The University of Utah Seismograph Stations report a swarm of small earthquakes in Yellowstone National Park.

The university says the quakes of magnitude 3.5 and lower have been occurring beneath Yellowstone Lake, five to nine miles south-southeast of Fishing Bridge, a park landmark. The earthquakes that began on Friday and continued on Saturday intensified during the weekend, and there were reports that people in the Yellowstone Lake area felt the quakes.


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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: caldera; earthquakes; yellowstone
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To: jeffers
The magnitude 3.3 event

That is no longer small....

21 posted on 12/29/2008 12:50:00 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: jeffers

We’re going to die...Die....DIE!


22 posted on 12/29/2008 12:50:42 PM PST by SnarlinCubBear (Get Sarcasma - Comforting relief from the use of irony, mocking and conveying contempt)
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To: DouglasKC; theDentist

23 posted on 12/29/2008 12:51:10 PM PST by Red Badger (I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
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To: TheZMan

Correction - Yellowstone itself is ONE of the largest volcanoes on Earth. If not the #1. The reason for years that geologists couldnt find the caldera is that they were looking for the wrong scale. Not 100’s or 1000’s of feet across, but, 10’s of miles.

You dont make bentonite deposits 100’s of feet thick with small volcanoes.


24 posted on 12/29/2008 12:52:23 PM PST by Illuminatas (Being conservative means never having to say; "Don't you dare question my patriotism")
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To: bd476
Yellowstone National Park Special Map


25 posted on 12/29/2008 12:53:06 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

14 quakes in three hours two days ago, 2 to 4 km down.

5 quakes in the last hour and 15 minutes, 1.8 to 0.0 km down, repeat, 1.8 to 0.0 km down.


26 posted on 12/29/2008 12:53:11 PM PST by jeffers
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To: jeffers

Maybe it’s getting ready to blow the caldera, or maybe we still have 1,000 years to go..... I hope we get at least a few more generation reared before anyone has to figure out how to deal with the messy aftermath of such an event — deep layers of ash all over a huge swath of North America etc. At least the libs won’t be able to whine about “global warming” after that event!!!


27 posted on 12/29/2008 12:53:37 PM PST by Enchante (Bernie Madoff Learned His Ponzi-Investment Strategy from our Social Security System!!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

3.3 is very small. It is difficult to even feel one under 4 if you are directly on top of it.


28 posted on 12/29/2008 1:10:58 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: jeffers

Yellowstone is classified as a supervolcano... rare and hugely dangerous. Lets hope it settles down... especially since I own land in Wyoming.


29 posted on 12/29/2008 1:12:08 PM PST by navyguy (The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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To: thackney
It is difficult to even feel one under 4 if you are directly on top of it.

That's what she said...

30 posted on 12/29/2008 1:12:59 PM PST by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin is what Willis was talkin' about!)
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To: thackney

We had a 3.4 quake 2.4 miles deep here, in Lancaster, PA, just after midnight Saturday morning. It was 3 miles WNW of here and we felt it. Loud “explosion” with ground movement. It was felt as far as Maryland, some 50 miles south. It seems the unique crust we have makes for quite the transmission of energy.


31 posted on 12/29/2008 1:18:26 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: navyguy

When it blows, it takes out all of North America.


32 posted on 12/29/2008 1:18:34 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: theDentist

You forgot “women and minorities affected most”. ;)


33 posted on 12/29/2008 1:18:51 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead (3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87))
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To: massgopguy

Does the whole thing have to blow, or can smaller eruptions release some of the pressure?


34 posted on 12/29/2008 1:21:29 PM PST by AbeKrieger (Clomppity clomp.)
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To: wolfcreek
What are the ramifications of a large eruption?
35 posted on 12/29/2008 1:24:04 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: Thumper1960
Interesting.

In Alaska it was unusual to feel even very shallow earthquakes happening just a few miles away if it was in the low 4s.

If it wasn't a least a 5, there was little chance of knowing it happened. Even then it wasn't barely noticeable.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/events/ld/1023196/us/index.html

36 posted on 12/29/2008 1:26:23 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: massgopguy

Are you serious?....like Revelation serious?


37 posted on 12/29/2008 1:27:08 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: Guenevere

http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm

Not good.


38 posted on 12/29/2008 1:28:00 PM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: AbeKrieger

See #38


39 posted on 12/29/2008 1:29:15 PM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: wolfcreek

Thanks!


40 posted on 12/29/2008 1:31:06 PM PST by Guenevere
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