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The Buzz: Record Quaking at Yellowstone

Posted on: January 5, 2009 12:08 AM, by Arikia Millikan

Since December 26, seismologists have observed over 400 seismic events at Yellowstone National Park—a record number of earthquakes for the hot spot which houses the largest supervolcano in North America. Data is still being analyzed to determine what this "swarm"—a sequence of earthquakes similar in magnitude—could mean. ScienceBlogger Greg Laden will be following the events closely on his blog.

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The magma reservoir was filling relatively quickly like a syringe compared to the usual 600K years of usual species extinctions. The recent 7.6 and 7.3 Richter quakes among the good people of Indonesia should have stopped the current cycle of filling that takes the concerted effort of crustal and oceanic harmonics.

Ozonator

Posted by: Ozonator | January 5, 2009 1:32 AM

Record number? What about 1985? Or even 1995, which had 480 in a week.

Posted by: Logan | January 5, 2009 2:10 AM

Logan,

You know more than most after reading my post. Statistically, there should be several record numbers of quakes in the Yellowstone caldera between major eruptions. �Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes ... Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah. ... "We haven't had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years ... Could it develop into a bigger fault or something related to hydrothermal activity? We don't know. That's what we're there to do, to monitor it for public safety"� (�Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes�; By MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press Writer; news.yahoo.com, 12/30/08).

While it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a world of global warming to fill the Yellowstone caldera. Just in case, these record numbers may or may not have any relevance to Europe�s �Little Ice Age�, the Maunder Minimum, the Dalton Minimum, and Mr. Marc Morano�s diploma from Bj�rn Lomborg�s Copenhagen Business School of Farmer Viking�s Dance.

Posted by: Ozonator | January 5, 2009 2:50 AM

Looks like they just stopped reporting them! The swarms continue:

http://www.quake.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/Yellowstone.html

Posted by: John | January 5, 2009 7:39 PM

Thanks for the link john. looks like the swarm is losing steam.

Posted by: Ozonator | January 5, 2009 7:45 PM

Demonstration of Eruption (Yellowstone, Hudson Bay)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zULevzGwGn0&feature=channel_page

This You Tube video is my experiment to determine how a magma chamber would erupt if inundated by a lake.

I know where the fault that will rupture is located. I know how Yellowstone will erupt. And I know when.

Watch,and find out more,if you're curious. Ask a question and I'll provide the answer.

Posted by: Robin Marks | January 8, 2009 10:19 AM