Whats going on at yellowstone?

Originally posted by Telafree
www.quake.utah.edu...

^^^^^^ so you are saying that this is all wind? (click the link)

Do you even know where YML is? Again, look at YUF AND Old Faiths recording.

Both of those seismos are better located away from the elements.

Quakes recorded in Yellowstone WITHOUT THE NOISE:

www.seis.utah.edu... _SHZ_WY.2009010200.gif
www.seis.utah.edu... _SHZ_WY.2009010200.gif

www.seis.utah.edu... _EHZ_WY.2009010200.gif

Edit: Bah response cut off.

Look at the YFP one with less noise and you MIGHT see a harmonic quake there.

[edit on 2-1-2009 by Not Authorized]

xsamaelx, I share your opinion, sensationalistic and overreacting approach is not cool or professional in this situation. The guy is acting in front of the camera, as if he is looking for some fame...wrong time and wrong place for that.

That being said, some of his observations are true...and he could end up being right about things. That still does not justify acting badly.

I would take him with a lot of reserve.

reply to post by Anonymous ATS


Very good write up!

I have been speculating about this type of event since the 28th but I have been going more along the lines of this direction...

We know we have relatively new uplift under the lake, if the conduit between the ML and SC domes closed, as you theorize in 1995, could perhaps both domes now be attempting to relieve pressure through their respective mafic intrusion zones and, by doing so, have both created a new conduit to the area of uplift under the lake thus creating a new third dome?

It would be interesting to see if we could get our eyes on a set of ground based sonar images that may have been taken of the area around 95 to see if there were any caverns that were created under the lake at that time that were in any way thinly divided from the magma chambers for each of the know existing domes.

Good Find!

At 11:32 this morning a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was reported 38 miles east southeast of West Yellowstone, Mont., in Yellowstone National Park — the latest in a swarm of earthquakes that has hit the area in the past week. The 3.5 tremor was followed this afternoon by a 3.2 magnitude quake at 12:40 and a 3.0 at 1:15. The swarm of tremors is the largest series of back-to-back quakes to hit the area in years, according to scientists. Today's quakes came on the heels of a series of tremors on New Year's Day, including a 3.0 at 6:30 p.m. and a 3.1 at 6:21 p.m. "The December 2008 earthquake sequence is the most intense in this area for some years," said the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. "No damage has been reported within Yellowstone National park, nor would any be expected from earthquakes of this size." According to the observatory, Yellowstone seismicity increased significantly in December because of what it described as an "energetic earthquake swarm" that began on Dec. 26.

The swarm is occurring beneath the northern part of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park. The largest of the quakes, according to the observatory, was a magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 27. The observatory was created as a partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey, Yellowstone National Park and the University of Utah. It was created to monitor long-term volcanic and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone National Park region. The Yellowstone Plateau, which comprises the Yellowstone National Park, is one of the largest super-volcanoes in the world and has gone through three volcanic cycles spanning two million years that included some of the world's largest know eruptions.

Through 5 p.m. Dec. 31, the swarm had included 12 events of magnitude 3.0 to 3.9 and approximately 20 of 2.5 to 2.9, with a total of 400 quakes large enough to be located. The observatory said similar swarms have occurred in the past without triggering steam explosions or volcanic activity. However, the observatory said there is some potential for explosions and that earthquakes may continue and increase in intensity. The observatory said the National Park Service in Yellowstone is being fully informed of the ongoing seismic activity by the University of Utah and the U.S. Geological Survey. The Wyoming Office of Homeland Security is reviewing Earthquake Response Plans and also monitoring the seismic activity that has been felt by Park Service employees and guests at the park. Yellowstone is the site of the largest and most diverse collection of natural thermal features in the world.

That's from a RSOE email I just recieved.
hisz.rsoe.hu...
Somewhere there, the source can be found.
Sorry for not being any more specific on the source

It looks like the vibrations heading out towards YMR and YMP have started to slow up some... or is that just my screen not wanting to refresh?

reply to post by Not Authorized

So the wind just all of a sudden showed up on the seismic data on the 26th-27th and has been blowing steady, even when the wind slowed to 8mph as another post just pointed out mind you, at Mary lake for days now... No Wind there on Christmas, or really any other day before that?
That's some freaky weather.

hisz.rsoe.hu... now shows volcanic activity.

Here is the event description

Scientists are closely monitoring more than 250 small earthquakes that have occurred in Yellowstone National Park since Friday. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone. But Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah, says it's very unusual to have so many over several days. The largest tremor was Saturday and measured magnitude 3.8. Smith says it's hard to say what might be causing the tremors but notes that Yellowstone is very geologically active. An active volcano there last erupted 70,000 years ago. )

reply to post by sageturkey


""reply to post by Mushussu


Just spoke with Joe Anderson of Wyoming Homeland Security, an All-Hazards Analyst. He said basically the same thing that we already know, they're listening closely to the USGS guys and are basically relying on them to give the word and activate the public warning systems if need be.
In the mean time, they're keeping quiet as to not induce panic unless (until) it's warranted.
He gave me the name of a Lt. Stu Anderson of the Sherrif's department in our county, he's the local coordinator here. On to the next call...""

What constitutes 'warrented'?
If it gets much closer to the top, I think it might go pretty rapidly.

I wonder how much closer it has to get before they say
'OK , time to leave now'

This Chris Sanders is not with USGS
so sadly,unfortunatly what he says isn't
any more official than what we are saying.

looking forward to your next report.

Hello peoples, I see the action has started again, sorry... I was at work- I know someone is going to say this would seem to early for a response to this but I choose to be prepared. So I an heading for the local wholesale food club to stock up on non perishables and water. you might want to think about it yourselves. think about what the stores would be like if something does happen. Also it's not like you wouldn't use the stuff anyway. I worked may years for power companies installing High voltage transformers,if by chance this thing blows, a reaction response will be for the power companies to start shutting down power grids so the ash doesn't short out the transformers. To clean the Bushings(what the power cables hook up to) it will require an outage.What does this mean to all of you is, you might be with out power for a while and for some of you, no power, no water. no way of cooking( unless you have gas stoves.

reply to post by th0br0


They sent you a copy of the release from the Yellowstone Volcanic Obs. We saw that one on the site reprinted a couple times just a different day. So maybe they just dont have anything to put out yet.

Originally posted by sageturkey

I'm going to try and call Wyoming Homeland Security again today, their office is here in town. Hopefully I'll get more than an answering machine like last time. I'd like to find out what their plans are regarding public warnings. Dividing my time between makin a buck and staying informed.

I was able to get ahold of a siesmologist at the local geologist association office and he told me that if there is any warnings that will come through the state EAS system and will originate from the primary state EAS station in Cheyenne, which will probably get their trigger from the USGS Wyoming office up in Yellowstone.

All I got was an answering machine at the WHS office as well.



Cheers!!!!

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yeah, sorry about that
I jsut noticed that it was from 29.12.2008, too :S

Originally posted by Not Authorized

Originally posted by Telafree
www.quake.utah.edu...

^^^^^^ so you are saying that this is all wind? (click the link)

Do you even know where YML is? Again, look at YUF AND Old Faiths recording.

Both of those seismos are better located away from the elements.

Quakes recorded in Yellowstone WITHOUT THE NOISE:

www.seis.utah.edu... _SHZ_WY.2009010200.gif
www.seis.utah.edu... _SHZ_WY.2009010200.gif

www.seis.utah.edu... _EHZ_WY.2009010200.gif

Edit: Bah response cut off.

Look at the YFP one with less noise and you MIGHT see a harmonic quake there.

[edit on 2-1-2009 by Not Authorized]

OK, instead of trying to bust into this thread on page 130 with your theory, why don't you go back and read the whole thing. First, your pic of the LKWY seismograph is not actually the siesmograph. Second, where is this wind generated noise over the past few years? Are you telling me this is the first time it has been windy in the park in that timeframe? Third, why is the graph just now starting to normalize despite the fact that the winds are as strong now as they have been all day?

I appreciate your "effort", but maybe you should do a little more research before you come in to "solve" this issue. What you have added to this thread has been discussed over MANY pages. There are MANY reasons why the "noise" wouldn't show up at Upper Falls. Maybe you can look that up and report back to us. I will grade your work. This is most certainly not a wind event. You will find the reasons I state that discussed on pages 1 through 130.

Just an interesting bit...the little volcanoe icon has appeared again on the RSOE map. Was gone for a few days....wonder what prompted them to put it back?

No new news as yet...

Things seem to be quietening down on the seismographs. But, as we've seen before, this is probably just a lull before things pick up again.

water had gone down again back in 470s instead of 502 - thats good - and the "harmonics" have calmed way down as well on Mary Lake -

looks like whatever it was needs a break again. Lets see if it acts up again tonight like all the other nights.

I'll be off line for a while.

for those of you who haven't been on the thread since 12/27 - and are talking about wind - go backwards if you don't want to read the whole thing - we've been through this - and the volcano warning would not have come from wind noise. These sensors are buried and in cement little bunkers - these guys aren't so foolish as to have wind be able to create warnings like this.

back later -

I am trying to download all of the earthquake links onto a new computer. Can someone please give me the link for Foxfire Gee? Thanks!

reply to post by amazed


Did you notice that the date on that is 12/29/08?

It's true, the activity at YML has dropped. Finally, a little break below !

reply to post by th0br0


Hey no problem just wanted to make sure you knew is all....
Well at least we know where they are getting their orders from anyway teheee