Thread: The Super Volcano Rumbles

As I was reading this story I thought... "Damn, all those POWER HUNGRY Politicians cant stop this!"
Talking about Yellowstone National Park... It is a Super Volcano, and IF it errupts, well... I guess NONE of us will have to worry about our CORRUPT Politicians lol.
The entire park has been rising over the years, Scientist say it errupts about every 600 Thousand years (taken from Earth samples). And according to Geologist, it last errupted about 640 Thousand years ago. My math tells me it is 40 Thousand years over due... Oh Well.
Very interesting stuff... http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/rec ... stone.html

Quick! Somebody get on the phone with obama!

I just know that if the messiah can go sit down with it and look it in the eye, he will be able to mesmirize it into peace and calm

I just clicked on the ALL EARTHQUAKES LIST and that does seem like quite a few tremors over the last 3 days.

I know that Yellowstone is very volcanically active, does anyone know where we can see a broader frequency of quakes in this area? What are the average numbers of quakes per week, month, or year in this area?

W

According to this data here

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/publicati ... arlyeq.php

Yellowstone has over 1,000 quakes per year on average which is an average of about three per day.

You can see from the graphs that they have some days or weeks that are very active with almost 100 earthquakes in a day.

From the looks of this data, the recent readings in Yellowstone are not exception in the frequency of earthquakes.

Nothing to worry about unless those 3.0 quakes are happening more frequently than usual.

Someone should check on that.

W

The Volcano Alert level is NORMAL. Here their latest release about this swarm of quakes

Yellowstone Recent Status Report, Updates, and Information Releases
YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION RELEASE
Saturday, December 27, 2008 20:29 MST (Sunday, December 28, 2008 03:29 UTC)


YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO (CAVW#1205-01-)
44.43°N 110.67°W, Summit Elevation 9203 ft (2805 m)
Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Aviation Color Code: GREEN

PRESS RELEASE FROM YVO PARTNER UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS

Released: December 27, 2008 04:40 PM MST


The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that a swarm of small earthquakes of magnitude 3.5 and smaller is occurring beneath Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, five to nine miles south-southeast of Fishing Bridge, Wyoming. The swarm began yesterday afternoon, Dec. 26, and has continued and intensified today. The two largest earthquakes in this swarm have been shocks of magnitude 3.5 and 3.4 which occurred at 1:17 and 1:26 pm MST, respectively, today. Many smaller earthquakes have also occurred, including three events this morning of magnitude 2.5 to 2.8 and a magnitude 3.2 event at 3:30 pm MST. Some of the earthquakes in the swarm have been reported felt by people in the Yellowstone Lake area. Swarms of this nature are relatively common in this part of Yellowstone Park...

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

Yeah but the culdera is phenominally huge under Yellowstone. It would definitely put the global warming crowd out of business.

I wonder how fast the race for the southern border would be? Going south that is. And watch how fast Mexico would put their military on the border to stop the Americans from illegally crossing to escape a natural disaster that hasn't been seen since stoneage man was most advanced lifeform on the planet.

I was just thinking William, the amount of time they have been "Monitoring" the quake activity is really insignificant. Considering the size of this Volcano, 1000 quakes a year IS alot. Say 10000 years ago maybe there were only 200 or 300 quakes a year.
This site explains it pretty good (lots of pictures lol).
http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm

Originally Posted by Hylander_1314

Yeah but the culdera is phenominally huge under Yellowstone. It would definitely put the global warming crowd out of business.

I wonder how fast the race for the southern border would be? Going south that is. And watch how fast Mexico would put their military on the border to stop the Americans from illegally crossing to escape a natural disaster that hasn't been seen since stoneage man was most advanced lifeform on the planet.

There would be no race, because most of us will be dead. People within a 900 mile radius of the caldera would die quickly, while the rest of us will suffer from the "fire and brimstone" falling out of the sky, and poisoning the air. That is if the WHOLE caldera blew.

Immediate help needed! Please join in Patriots if you have not voted!


http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-824903.html#824903

Scientists eye swarm of Yellowstone quakes
Were the more than 250 tremors a sign of something bigger to come?


Yellowstone is an active volcanic and tectonic area, and small earthquakes happen frequently. But scientists say the spate of small quakes that shook up the area on Monday were unusual.


Nine killer earthquakes
Thousands rattle the Earth daily — but only a few cause utter devastation.

By Mead Gruver

updated 9:25 p.m. ET, Mon., Dec. 29, 2008
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come.

Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it's very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah.

"They're certainly not normal," Smith said. "We haven't had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years."

Smith directs the Yellowstone Seismic Network, which operates seismic stations around the park. He said the quakes have ranged in strength from barely detectable to one of magnitude 3.8 that happened Saturday. A magnitude 4 quake is capable of producing moderate damage.

"This is an active volcanic and tectonic area, and these are the kinds of things we have to pay attention to," Smith said. "We might be seeing something precursory.

"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."

The strongest of dozens of tremors Monday was a magnitude 3.3 quake shortly after noon. All the quakes were centered beneath the northwest end of Yellowstone Lake.

A park ranger based at the north end of the lake reported feeling nine quakes over a 24-hour period over the weekend, according to park spokeswoman Stacy Vallie. No damage was reported.

"There doesn't seem to be anything to be alarmed about," Vallie said.

Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.

He said Yellowstone remains very geologically active — and its famous geysers and hot springs are a reminder that a pool of magma still exists five to 10 miles underground.


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"That's just the surface manifestation of the enormous amount of heat that's being released through the system," he said.

Yellowstone has had significant earthquakes as well as minor ones in recent decades. In 1959, a magnitude 7.5 quake near Hebgen Lake just west of the park triggered a landslide that killed 28 people.




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