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.
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That is no longer small....
We’re going to die...Die....DIE!
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.
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.
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!!!
3.3 is very small. It is difficult to even feel one under 4 if you are directly on top of it.
Yellowstone is classified as a supervolcano... rare and hugely dangerous. Lets hope it settles down... especially since I own land in Wyoming.
That's what she said...
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.
When it blows, it takes out all of North America.
You forgot “women and minorities affected most”. ;)
Does the whole thing have to blow, or can smaller eruptions release some of the pressure?
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
Are you serious?....like Revelation serious?
See #38
Thanks!
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