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  • Yellowstone Earthquakes: Supervolcano Update

    01/02/2009 9:32:36 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 157 replies · 5,759+ views
    U.S. News & World Report ^ | January 02, 2009 | James Pethokoukis
    A Yellowstone earthquake update: 1) The rumbling continues, including 3.5, 3.0 and 3.2 quakes just today 2) Here is some more Jake Lowenstern (the Yellowstone volcano scientist) analysis (via TIME): Jake Lowenstern, Ph.D.,YVO's chief scientist, who also is part of the USGS Volcano Hazards Team, told TIME that it doesn't appear a supervolcano event is imminent. "We don't think the amount of magma exists that would create one of these large eruptions of the past," he said. "It is still possible to have a volcanic eruption comparable to other volcanoes. But we would expect to see more and larger quakes,...