Whats going on at yellowstone?

reply to post by coolvibe


thanks to you - got it now!

yep - maybe here we go again. wow - the geologists must be running on fumes.

adrenalin fumes.

not sulfur

I have read the evacuation warning stating that 200 miles should be evacuating. I am about 400 miles nested in the mountains West of Colorado springs. My question is I think that because of the mountains here acting as a natural shield but should people in this area also be making plans for evacuation due to the ash and such or would I be safer here in the mountains?

reply to post by 12.21.12


Don't want bring fear but if i .... get outa there.
Not for the first couple of days but the months/years are maybe verry cold.

reply to post by 12.21.12


If Y should go at full force and you are in the shadow of the ash fall, there really is not any mountain range that will protect you.
How much of this thread have you been in on?

RSOE is calling it Volcanic again...

Situation Update No. 4
Situation Update No. 4
On 02.01.2009 at 21:44 GMT+2

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.

reply to post by trusername


For now the repeating is every 20 sec's.

Hi guys,
I just wanted to say everybody on this thread has been outstanding. Usually there is somebody(s) who just spoils it for everyone, I havent noticed anything in 134 pages. Thank you for a great and informative thread and all the hard work everybody is doing finding the information.

I continue to watch the EQ's and its really interesting, like some have said, these could go on and on. I think the only way we will have to really know some kind of eruption will happen is

1. Larger Earthquakes
2. Ground deformation/Cracks
3. Gas release on a major scale
4. Lake levels decrease rapidly or viceversa.

Now I continue to see the quakes, and someone just posted a vid of a new Hot Spring, (thanks to whoever that was) but beyond that, I haven't heard anything about major ground deformations/cracks or big/multiple new gas release, or drastic water level changes.

Until then, I guess it'll be watching the helicorders and checking the thread to see if anybody else finds something worth noting.

The wind thing kinda has me stumped. I know wind couldnt affect a transmitter sitting hundreds of feet underground in a cement lined vault with a metal lid on it, but I dont know about the rest of the transmitters around the Yellowstone caldera are similarly situated.

I have been checking the helicorders in a closest-farthest rotation and that seems to help me "see" whats going on. I did notice some of that same kind of "Harmonic" on a station at Soda Springs, Idaho too and thats like 80-100 miles away, I don't honestly know. It has me befangled a bit. lol.

Anyways, as I was writing this, that little EQ plugin for firefox went off with a 2.6mag in YS so it's not stopping it looks like.

My eyes have been glued to this screen for days.....I can't stop!

I see that on GEE TA.H19A shows increased activity as well. Stronger than TA.H17A at the moment. Maybe keep an eye on that one as well..

my GEE's up again Yay

yep usgs is showing some new names. It's not going to be this neat stream of 61 kms any more

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by Mushussu


Not very much.

There is way too much reading to keep up.

reply to post by sad_eyed_lady


I'd like to reiterate more clearly that I don't think, nor was I trying to imply, that Chris Sanders is a fraudulent geologist. I went as far as to say he seemed to be educated enough to be a USGS geologist but without being employed by them at any time I think his evacuation warning is okay to ignore.

In the mean time if Mr. Sanders, or any other geologist buried in paperwork that you invited to the board, would like to come and argue with people who have already formed their opinions have at it. I'd be very happy to have people with expertise in this area try and temper expectations but why would you want to when you get "Go back and read pages 1-120 before making a post, D.A." as a response to your first post.

Originally posted by 12.21.12
I have read the evacuation warning stating that 200 miles should be evacuating. I am about 400 miles nested in the mountains West of Colorado springs. My question is I think that because of the mountains here acting as a natural shield but should people in this area also be making plans for evacuation due to the ash and such or would I be safer here in the mountains?

To my knowledge there is no official call for evacuation at this time. I wouldn't take too seriously the person who posted that. I would however keep an eye on the news as the Yellowstone area is very active atm. I wouldn't pack up and leave based on information obtained on a site that has a banner at the top asking if 911 was a inside job. Just imo anyway.

reply to post by Waldy


I just checked, there is some correlation but without accurate data (nearest I could find was on west-coast, extrapolation of some of the time is needed), we can not be 100% sure.

Wow, alot to catch up on since I left work and ate dinner! Thanks for all the new info.

I can't get GEE to work for me. All the triangles are gray and I get a message to try again later. I've got to find the widget thing.

I noticed that the RSOE site has the volcano back up, even tho it is still dated from the other day.

It worries me that Scared in WY is smelling the sulfur fumes. Ya'll up there keep watch and be careful.

I'm in NC, but still watching closely.

Thanks again to all who continue to provide the great info and links. I've really learned alot!

reply to post by 12.21.12


If Lernmore is still on maybe lernmore can repost the list of good sites collected.
If not, last post lernmore did for the list is about 10 15 pages back I think.

Originally posted by 12.21.12
I have read the evacuation warning stating that 200 miles should be evacuating. I am about 400 miles nested in the mountains West of Colorado springs. My question is I think that because of the mountains here acting as a natural shield but should people in this area also be making plans for evacuation due to the ash and such or would I be safer here in the mountains?

That warning wasn't official.
It's a 600 mile radius for a big eruption not 200. The mountains would not shield you from falling ash. The ash would circulate through the atmosphere for about 2 years, blocking out the sun. There's also some talk an eruption of that magnitude triggering other volcanoes to erupt and large quakes, but not sure on the accuracy of this, but a land movememnt that large seems plausable.

I hope you don't think this is off topic but they just had a 6.2 off Honshu, Japan. There were two 5.5 there earlier (today), yesterday for them. Pacific rim all very active so i don't think this is OT.
you can see it on GEE

Oops...looks like I got one of those harmonic postings

Can someone please delete one? Thanks!

Was this posted as being new and I missed it?

www.quake.utah.edu...

YLA under LKW... I don't recall that one before.

-edit- As in I don't recall seeing that sensor before.. and there are no readings for it prior too today.







[edit on 2-1-2009 by TwiTcHomatic]

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MAP 2.6 2009/01/03 00:23:22 44.669 -110.163 1.0 43 km ( 26 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
MAP 2.7 2009/01/02 20:33:53 44.553 -110.338 0.9 61 km ( 38 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT

Last two listed on USGS.