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posted by cmn32480 on Monday June 26 2017, @09:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the things-that-make-ya-go-boom dept.

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The supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park has once again become a point of focus for doomsdayers after scientists picked up some ominous earthquake activity this month.

Scientists from the University of Utah, responsible for monitoring the supervolcano in Wyoming, said a "swarm" of 464 earthquakes began on June 12 – the biggest being a 4.5 magnitude shudder on June 15.

"The epicenter of the shock was located in Yellowstone National Park, eight miles  north-northeast of the town of West Yellowstone, Montana," UU scientists said in a statement. "The earthquake was reported felt in the towns of West Yellowstone and Gardiner, Montana, in Yellowstone National Park, and elsewhere in the surrounding region."

The 4.5 magnitude quake is the largest to hit the supervolcano since a 4.8 quake struck in March 2014. Scientists noted that the "energetic sequence of earthquakes... included approximately 30 earthquakes of magnitude 2 and larger and four earthquakes of magnitude 3 and larger, including today's magnitude 4.5 event."

They added: "This is the highest number of earthquakes at Yellowstone within a single week in the past five years, but is fewer than weekly counts during similar earthquakes swarms in 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2010."

Subbed because volcanoes are cool not because I'm askeert Yellowstone is going to blow any minute now.

Source: https://www.rt.com/viral/393331-yellowstone-swarm-earthquakes-supervolcano/


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @03:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 26 2017, @03:19PM (#531349)

    Hmm, there was a fun BBC docudrama show called End Day [wikipedia.org] that had a Yellowstone scenario, but that one didn't air in the US version.

    Conspiracy?