Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm: Updated

US News ^ | January 02, 2009 09:27 AM ET

[MarkeyD]

BTW, as of right now I am out of the "danger zone" in mid Wisconsin.

I wouldn't count on that.

[IYAS9YAS]

BTW, as of right now I am out of the "danger zone" in mid Wisconsin.

Actually, you're not. The ash/debris will head generally in your direction and bury you deep.

[MarkeyD]

Is that taking into consideration Global Warming?

[COBOL2Java]

If a lava channel opens up, it would be better that it NOT open up under the lake, resulting in the lake contents meeting with lava resulting in a steam explosion.

Have no fear! Ranger Woodlore and Humphrey are monitoring the lake!

[Strategerist]

Is that taking into consideration Global Warming?

huh?

[stentorian conservative]

I can. For the first time in the five years I’ve been stuck here, I am happy to be in Upstate NY. Although, if some FReeper predictions are true, I’d rather be fishing on Yellowstone Lake when she blows.

[HerrBlucher]

Thanks Stratergerist for the voice of reason on this subject matter.

[woerm]

Here are the last 3 ash falls from Yellowstone,
got shovels? ;-)

It’s in the public side of TB2K
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=316369
post #13

I’m not sure why I can’t attact it here.

r

[dascallie]

(Posting from USNews site)

Thank you for reporting on this issue. I was reading an older article (2007?) in which a volcanologist was interviewed about the likelihood of an eruption at Yellowstone.

He said there would be a number of precursors to an event that size, the very first being EARTHQUAKE SWARMS. Then after weeks or months of those, gas expulsion would increase and the ground in the area would change shape rapidly.

So I don’t know why this is not a bigger story. It seems like an issue everyone should be covering, and you are the only one I can find that has been keeping up with the situation. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Vince of IL
Jan 02, 2009 11:16:31 AM [permalink] [report comment]

[6323cd]

Hey there! I own a farm near the Marathon/Clark/Taylor county “intersection”, where are you located?

[IYAS9YAS]

Okay, you may not get the debris (the closest the last two got to Wisconsin were mid-Minnesota and mid-Iowa), but you'd be in the wrong part of the US to escape the effects of the dramatic cooling effect the debris would have on the atmosphere and climate for at least a couple of years.

Yellowstone

Scroll down a ways and there is a rendering of the ash deposits from the super eruptions in the US. The two largest were Yellowstone, the third largest was from California, near the Nevada border just south of the Reno area (Long Valley Caldera).

[Strategerist]

You’ll get far better information off the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory website than TB2K.

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/

Amusing a website named after a hilarious disaster prediction failure like TB2K is still around.

[mountn man]

The two intervals are thus 0.8 and 0.66 million years,...

Just for arguments sake...and to stir the pot a little...because thats what I do.

Between the first known and second eruption is .8 million, between the second and third .66 mill. Following that the time between the third and fourth should be .52 million, which means we are overdue by 120,000 years.

This is hugh and series.

We're all going to DIE!!!!!!!!

Women and minorities hurt the most.

Its all BUSH'S FAULT.

[TonyStark]

Will this have any effect on Obama's ability to fill my gas tank or pay my mortgage?

[Clioman]

Bad things will happen somewhere at some time. Bet on it. [I’m not a prognosticator, but I did sleep in a hotel last night.]

[Scythian]

I have to admit, this is kind of worriesome.

[geologist]

What is the source for this chart?

Thank you, for posting it.

[DrewsDad]

We stopped by New Madrid, Missouri the other day and saw a US map showing a major earthquake around Yellowstone, 3 in Nevada, and several in California/Alaska. IIRC, the Yellowstone earthquake was centered to the northwest of the park and formed a new lake in the canyons there.

[HerrBlucher]

He said there would be a number of precursors to an event that size, the very first being EARTHQUAKE SWARMS. Then after weeks or months of those, gas expulsion would increase and the ground in the area would change shape rapidly. So I don’t know why this is not a bigger story. It seems like an issue everyone should be covering

The earquake swarms are certainly newsworthy but they don't necessarily mean an impending eruption. We have had previous episodes of earthquake swarms at Yellowstone the last being, I think, in 1985. See Strategerists link to the the USGS analysis of these swarms.

However, making too big an issue about this will only unnecessarily scare people. The fact is, there isn't a damn thing we can do to prevent the horrific destruction should yellowstone erupt superstyle. However, creating a public panic over this, and the ensuring destruction that might cause, can be prevented by a sensible approach.

[texas booster]

Maybe Texas should be more worried than Wisconsin.