Post by Mad Scientist on Jul 5, 2017 16:05:50 GMT
Fascinating, keeping eye out on this one.
Is it about to blow? Yellowstone supervolcano is hit by 878 earthquakes in just over TWO WEEKS.
- the most active it has been for five years -
A swarm of nearly 900 earthquakes have hit Yellowstone National Park since 12 June, according to experts.
The park sits on one of the world's most dangerous supervolcanoes and recent activity has raised fears the supervolcano is about to blow.
If it were to erupt, the Yellowstone volcano would be one thousand times as powerful as the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption, experts claim - although they say the risk is 'low'.
The Grand Prismatic hot spring (pictured) is among the park's many hydrothermal features
created by the supervolcano (stock image).
A total of 878 quakes have been recorded over the past fortnight at Yellowstone.
When the earthquakes started on 12 June, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said it was the highest number of earthquakes at the park within a single week in the past five years.
Researchers from the University of Utah's Seismograph Stations (UUSS) have been monitoring the activity since it began on Monday, June 12.
The strongest quake of 4.4 magnitude hit on Thursday, June 15.
'The swarm consists of one earthquake in the magnitude 4 range, 5 earthquakes in the magnitude 3 range, 68 earthquakes in the magnitude 2 range, 277 earthquakes in the magnitude 1 range, 508 earthquakes in the magnitude 0 range, and 19 earthquakes with magnitudes of less than zero', the report said.
'Earthquake swarms are common in Yellowstone and, on average, comprise about 50 per cent of the total seismicity in the Yellowstone region'.
'UUSS will continue to monitor this swarm and will provide updates as necessary.'
UUSS said the quake was part of 'an energetic sequence' of earthquakes magnitude two and larger in the area.
Source.
Earthquake Tracking Site Yellowstone.
Is it about to blow? Yellowstone supervolcano is hit by 878 earthquakes in just over TWO WEEKS.
- the most active it has been for five years -
A swarm of nearly 900 earthquakes have hit Yellowstone National Park since 12 June, according to experts.
The park sits on one of the world's most dangerous supervolcanoes and recent activity has raised fears the supervolcano is about to blow.
If it were to erupt, the Yellowstone volcano would be one thousand times as powerful as the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption, experts claim - although they say the risk is 'low'.
The Grand Prismatic hot spring (pictured) is among the park's many hydrothermal features
created by the supervolcano (stock image).
A total of 878 quakes have been recorded over the past fortnight at Yellowstone.
When the earthquakes started on 12 June, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said it was the highest number of earthquakes at the park within a single week in the past five years.
Researchers from the University of Utah's Seismograph Stations (UUSS) have been monitoring the activity since it began on Monday, June 12.
The strongest quake of 4.4 magnitude hit on Thursday, June 15.
'The swarm consists of one earthquake in the magnitude 4 range, 5 earthquakes in the magnitude 3 range, 68 earthquakes in the magnitude 2 range, 277 earthquakes in the magnitude 1 range, 508 earthquakes in the magnitude 0 range, and 19 earthquakes with magnitudes of less than zero', the report said.
'Earthquake swarms are common in Yellowstone and, on average, comprise about 50 per cent of the total seismicity in the Yellowstone region'.
'UUSS will continue to monitor this swarm and will provide updates as necessary.'
UUSS said the quake was part of 'an energetic sequence' of earthquakes magnitude two and larger in the area.
Source.
Earthquake Tracking Site Yellowstone.