Yellowstone hit by swarm of earthquakes.....

Denver Post ^ | Jan 18th, 2010

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[winoneforthegipper]

Thanks, just noticed the ping after I read the article....lol!

[hennie pennie]

*ping*

[LiberConservative]

Yellowstone is starting to react to global warming, uh, er, I mean “climate change”.

[netmilsmom]

LOL!

[Steve Van Doorn]

The two swarms are at YMR and YPK:
http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/yell_webi.htm

[Antoninus]

A 0.5 earthquake? Please. My kids create one of those every time they wrestle in the livingroom.

[Errant]

Activity seems to be increasing and getting stronger.

Earthquake List for Map Centered at 47°N, 110°W

[fanfan]

This is a link to the seismograph station in Utah for Yellowstone.

[fanfan]

Have you seen this?

[Quix]

Interesting.

Do you have explanations for the different colors?

last I checked on Yellowstone, the “experts” didn’t seem too concerned . . . though they usually are the last to be concerned1 LOL.

Given what’s going on in the world . . . I wonder.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the pings. Hmm, I think there was another topic about this, but maybe I only pinged it indirectly. Thanks again!

[TaraP]

I heard it missed 2 of this cycles? if that is happenning that is very dangerous....

[Errant]

I remember last year the swarm of quakes entered a constant state of rumbling and the chart was solid with activity.

More information:
Volcanoes produce earthquakes through the shifting and breaking of rock as magma rises through the crust of the earth. Earthquakes near volcanoes are almost always associated with volcanic activity and magma intrusion.

Volcanologists will set up an array of seismic monitoring equipment around a volcano to measure the frequency and magnitude of magma-related earthquakes. Identifing whether or not the epicenter of an earthquake is below the volcano and at what depth it is – all information that is required to know if magma is rising through the volcano’s conduit.

The 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius volcano began with swarms of earthquakes originating from the volcano years before. Unfortunately, the community of Pompeii did not realize the significance of these earthquakes and were caught off guard when Vesuvius erupted, coating the entire city with a thick blanket of boiling hot ash.

[Errant]

"I heard it missed 2 of this cycles?"

What cycles???

[Polynikes]

“When Yellowstone goes it will be massive....”

Sort of makes “The Road” a documentary

[BIGLOOK]

Look on the bright side....it'll be a boom to tourism.

Mauna Loa has been inflating for years now and Kilauea's Halemaumau fire pit is incandescent nightly. The economy's bad, the beaches empty but Volcano House is rockin'.

[Errant]

Yellowstone earthquake swarm continues into third day, intensifies - Denver Post Update

[fanfan]

I remember last year the swarm of quakes entered a constant state of rumbling and the chart was solid with activity.

Yes. I remember that too.

[fanfan]

Yes, they use a different color on each line to make the graph easier to read.