Posted on 12/31/2008 6:55:35 PM PST by Flavius
Nearly 400 earthquakes have rocked Yellowstone National Park since last Friday. The quakes are putting scientists on alert, but they say this type of activity isn't unusual. As long as the quakes continue, the park will keep a very close eye on the region.
Hank Heasler, the Park's Geologist, said "Back in 1985, up to 3 months of earthquakes (occured). (They were) up to magnitudes 4.7. So the past four days have been relatively energetic for the last few years."
Scientists say predicitng earthquakes is still in it's infancy and not reliable. Park officials are not worried that this swarm of quakes could lead to a catastrophic event. However with the lack of accurate forecasting it is possible that these small tremors could be a precursor to a much bigger quake or even a volcanic eruption.
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I was thinking more like January 20, 2009.
That would put a damper on Obamas big day.
I’m in a 2 story house, and atop a high ridge.
Yet, I’m thinking of mimicking the Mormon level of household food stuffs.
It must be global warming.
I’m sure glad I got to see Yellowstone/Grand Teton last April.
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Thank you for the update I was wondering what it was up to now.
looks like there have been four this morning in the 2.3-2.4 range
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/42.52.-115.-105_eqs.php
They show up on the seismograph for Yellowstone Lake
"Scientists say predicting earthquakes is still in it's infancy and not reliable."
I noticed that. I’m not an expert so I know very little about earthquakes, but it seems weird that one of the depths listed is 37km. I cannot find anything above 13km (and that was only once) in the past couple of days. Perhaps there was an error. Anyway, I’ve got family not too far from Yellowstone, so I’m a little concerned.
Has anyone heard of any military movements being conducted in the last week regarding possible shifting of forces away from ground zero in case it blows? Also, wouldn’t this, now, be a good time to strike Iran before a lot of our bases are covered under ash within 1000 miles of Yellowstone? W said he was going to do that before he left office anyway.
Spooky animation.
Probably won't be electing all the rinos and libs into office anymore.
Knowledge is free.
That would suck.
another 2.7 quake just recorded in roughly the same area.
Ash is a great fertilizer. Two or so years after Mt. St. Helen's, things came back to life.
The threat is that all aircraft must avoid going through the ash as it will ruin the engines.
But it does depend on how much ash is released.
I have fished in Medicine Lake, near Tulelake, CA. We had a depth finder...it goes from 20 feet to 140 in a matter of inches. This is also an old volcano filled with water as is Yellowstone Lake.
Does anyone have a map of the bottom of the lake?
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