Quakes continue to rumble Yellowstone

powelltribune.com ^ | 2/2/10 | CJ Baker

[Kartographer]

A swarm of mostly imperceptible earthquakes continues to shake Yellowstone National Park in what is now the park’s second-largest on record.

From the swarm’s beginnings on Jan. 17 through Monday morning, some 1,620 quakes were recorded by seismologists in the park, which sits atop a gigantic volcanic caldera. The activity is centered around the northwest corner of the Yellowstone caldera, in the back-country between West Yellowstone, Mont., and Old Faithful.

[Kartographer]

Does sound all that threatening.

[Sprite518]

Let’s just hope that nothing happens....

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

There is a supervolcano under Yellowstone

[dfwgator]

"I'm gonna melt every city on the planet with liquid, hot, magma...."

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Yellowstone Supervolcano Map

[freedumb2003]

People can laugh, but if the Yellowstone caldera gives way, it is the end of the human race.

How ironic it would be if it happened in 2012.

[Kartographer]

Yeah I am think of stocking up on wieners, graham crackers and Hearsy bars and heading up there!

[Loud Mime]

I have several friends in Cody, which would be obliterated if the thing blew. None of them think it will happen in their lifetime, which is a strange way to phrase that remark. If it happens, your lifetime is at an end.

[Paleo Conservative]

I wouldn’t want to be in Kansas the next time the Yellowstone caldera erupts.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I think its best to leave as soon when there is a warning from the USGS.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Never enter an area which is extremely hazardus. Breathing in ash will turn your lungs into concrete

[Kartographer]

"Never enter an area which is extremely hazardous. Breathing in ash will turn your lungs into concrete"

I think I read that before, some Surgeon General's warning maybe.

[Drill Thrawl]

Are you sure it isn’t the Quacker’s?(planners) They been conducting joint ops with the Amish (muscle) and Methodist (logistics) to create terror in small town Americal, Sorry about the Lutherans. I seems they had too much coffee and cookies in the basement and now have a case of the caffiene\sugar jitters to be of little good right now.(Guys just switch to de-caf and crackers before the next event)

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

http://www.deq.state.id.us/air/data_reports/monitoring/volcanic_ash.cfm

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

http://www.deq.state.id.us/air/data_reports/monitoring/volcanic_ash.cfm

[Nateman]

The human race just barely lived through the last super-volcano. I believe people would fair better this time around but it would be awful.

[Centurion2000]

People can laugh, but if the Yellowstone caldera gives way, it is the end of the human race.

Absolutely NOT true. Considering it blew up twice in the last 2 millions years and the humans are still around is pretty telling evidence we'll survive it.

CIVILIZATION on the other hand .... yeah you have a point.

[Kartographer]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/special/Yellowstone.php

[PizzaDriver]

Nope; It is the End of “Fly-over Country” {east of the Rockies and West of the Appalachians}.

Pelosi, Reid and the rest; will see it as Divine agreement with their Profits... Gore, Alinsky et al.

[RSmithOpt]

Not mentioned in the article from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory:

"Ground Deformation Summary: Continuous GPS data show that uplift of the Yellowstone Caldera has slowed significantly. Uplift rates for YVO GPS stations are less than 2.5 cm per year. The WLWY station, located in the northeastern part of the caldera, underwent a total of ~23 cm of uplift between mid-2004 and mid-2009. Its record can be found at:

http://pboweb.unavco.org/shared/scripts/stations/?checkkey=WLWY&sec=timeseries_plots&timeseries=raw

The general uplift and subsidence of the Yellowstone caldera is of scientific importance and will continue to be monitored closely by YVO staff."