Huge, Breaking And Alarming News About Recent 4.6 and 4.8 Wyoming Earthquakes

a reply to: elouina

Cracks aren't caused by earthquakes. It is a movie idea. A cracking would solve the problem. I forgot my source.

Interesting...

Anyhow looking at the landscape of the region, the next "Yellowstone supervolcano" even may as well not happen at Yellowstone. It should be fairly obvious that there's been a series of caldera beds that have chewed out a section of the Rockies going up from Idaho (and perhaps a bit further). The magma bed may have been the one responsible for the last eruption that the geology shows, but who's to say it's going to keep hitting the exact same spot? May just pop two or three times before it moves on again. Just follow the direction those holes have been forming in the landscape, and odds are the next one could be another odd some hundred miles in that direction. Basically if you consider the process that formed Craters of the Moon as the same as that for Yellowstone, the next one could be somewhere more towards Billings.

originally posted by: Gyo01
a reply to: elouina

Cracks aren't caused by earthquakes. It is a movie idea. A cracking would solve the problem. I forgot my source.

Cracks are caused by land subsidence. Any ground deformation could be caused by a number of things such as the emptying of the aquafier below, movement of magma below and even too much rain above.

originally posted by: Gyo01
a reply to: elouina

Cracks aren't caused by earthquakes. It is a movie idea. A cracking would solve the problem. I forgot my source.

That wasn't a crack, it was a "canyon".

originally posted by: Imagewerx
I was in North Yellowstone a couple of months ago and everything seemed 'normal' in and around Old Faithful where I was.The worlds most famous geothermal feature still kept the crowds happy every 90 minutes or so.The Elk still wandered into Mammoth Hot Springs to grab some lunch and the Gophers still popped out to see what the tourists were doing.

Isn't it said that the animals will be the first to know when something big is going to happen and change their behaviour accordingly?

That's true, but you can't talk common sense with neurotic people and expect them to calm down and be reasonable about it. They'll be quicker to believe that you're a disinfo agent hired by the government to deceive them than believe you're a sensible individual with facts and rational arguments.

But despite that, I'd say when the animals start migrating that'll be a clear indication that something abnormal is occurring.

a reply to: EviLCHiMP

What,you mean no more random Bison families suddenly deciding the middle of the road is a nice place to stand instead of on the green edible stuff? If so I'm all for this 'migration' thing.

If I am some sort of disinfo agent,I must have been recruited at birth by 'them' and trained without me or my parents even knowing it.

a reply to: Imagewerx

lol! Maybe we all are.

I have contacted SNS Outfitters who is the outfit that provides tours and hunting guides for the area in question, and were the first to bring this to the attention of everyone. I sent a question regarding who the property owners are, and that I would be interested in using the services of SNS for a hunting tour and also to obviously see the 'crack'. Will let you know if I receive a response.


KD

Ok, my area of expertise is collecting air pollution data. I just looked and the EPA is still not reporting SO2 data on AirNow. However, I know for a fact the SO2 data IS reported TO AirNow hourly. They are not providing real time access to that data that I can see, but we can get historic reports from the main database if need be for last years data. I will have to figure out the id # with some summary reports for Wyoming and maybe Idaho and then i can provide the data here in some form.

www.airnow.gov...

This is a result of a query ran today. There is some good info here but still not directly stating the pollutant that is getting the yellow is. I suspect Particulate matter

well i am being heavily moderated folks, it seems. Wont let me post about the data.

OR add comments as to that i had put in that post with question as to why.

a reply to: Rezlooper

Love the way you put that all together there in a nice little summery.


I hope it is nothing,
but the doom porner in me...
well...

It would be awesome but scary if it is something.

Good stuff.

originally posted by: Rezlooper

originally posted by: sageturkey

Cody, WY.
Smells like 6,000,000 hard-boiled eggs when you drive by there.

I just came back from Billings, MT traveling down I-90 into Wyoming and I smelled the rotten egg a few times along that highway. So we know there is hydrogen sulfide release in that area.

Absolutely. There's another really bad area after 90 turns into I-25, just before Kaycee.
I have it placemarked on the photo I posted, along with another particularly smelly one just outside of Casper.
There are hot springs dotting the landscape here, many old volcanic features such as Hell's Half Acre about 60 miles West of Casper.

originally posted by: Rezlooper

There have been reports of sinkholes in Wyoming, not to mention landslides in Jackson Hole and the large crack mentioned in this OP.

I was actually working in Jackson while that was going on, right across the street. Sat there one day and watched the dirt come tumbling down the hillside. The Walgreens parking lot just below the hillside looked like a skate park the way the asphalt was buckled.
I believe the cause was determined to be recent construction and improper shoring. That whole hillside is a Moraine, so it is basically a rubble pile.

Jackson hole is well known for rock climbing in trucks, we used to trek west every year to do some runs in our climber- it's known for "sudden" and unexpected changes.... almost got killed making a climb in 08' when it decided to shift while I was mid-climb. Thought my clutch was going, but it was the ground shaking so bad everything was moving like water.....scary stuff.

a reply to: EndOfDays77

Terral03? He's the guy who said the comet Elenin was going to destroy the earth. I don't quite remember. Something about alignments with the comet and planet and all this bs. Then the next thing was about a star or something that would wipe us all out. Now this is next? Please

originally posted by: Justoneman
Ok, my area of expertise is collecting air pollution data. I just looked and the EPA is still not reporting SO2 data on AirNow. However, I know for a fact the SO2 data IS reported TO AirNow hourly. They are not providing real time access to that data that I can see, but we can get historic reports from the main database if need be for last years data. I will have to figure out the id # with some summary reports for Wyoming and maybe Idaho and then i can provide the data here in some form.

www.airnow.gov...

Curious to why that isn't being reported. Would like to know what the SO2 data is.

New thread coming up with something important. Is the entire YS area and beyond going bonkers? Holy cow folks!

Another EQ at Tosi Peak today, this one was a 2.5 and 6 km deep.

And yet another EQ, this one on top of Tosi Peak. A 2.6 with a depth of 5 km and about 4 hours after the last one. I suppose these would be considered aftershocks?

originally posted by: Justoneman
well i am being heavily moderated folks, it seems. Wont let me post about the data.

OR add comments as to that i had put in that post with question as to why.

Why would they not allow you to post what you've found? Are you on to something? Or is it copyright bs, maybe? I wonder..