Whats going on at yellowstone?

Originally posted by Mushussu
reply to post by violet

 

"Scientists once believed that an earthquake at one location could not trigger earthquakes at distant sites. That belief was shattered in 1992 when the magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake in California's Mojave Desert triggered a swarm of quakes more than 800 miles away at Yellowstone, as well as other temblors near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and Yucca Mountain, Nev."

Thank you ,Thank you for reposting this

best ,
Mushussu

And another quote from the USGS pertaining to Yellowstone and other earthquakes:

"A series of local earthquake swarms was observed, and clear changes in geyser activity occurred immediately following local arrival of seismic waves from the 2002 Denali fault, Alaska, earthquake (M=7.9) in the Yellowstone National Park area, 3100 km from the epicenter. Beginning within hours of the arrival of surface waves, the YVO network located more than 250 earthquakes in the first days after the Denali event."

How would they evacuate an entire country? I think that question would answer alot of other ones that deal with conspiracy. No one knows what mother earth ever has in store. Unless its a hurricane or some other event that can be forseen. This situation has all the parameters of going either way. In other words, get ready for 2012.

This guy is keeping up better than the rest of the media:

www.usnews.com...

Reassuring input from non USGS volcanologists:

First up is volcanologist Dr. R.B. Trombley of the International Volcano Research Centre: What does the earthquake swarm mean? It is our opinion, and in agreement with Dr. Robert Smith of the University of Utah, that the current events are more of a major seismic event rather than a major volcanic event. The Alert Status of Yellowstone continues, at this time, to remain at the Green Alert Level. We do not anticipate the Alert Level to be raised at this time. Given the current data, might the swarm be a prelude to a major seismic event ? It could be but the swarming is too "isolated", i.e., it is near the lake area only basically. What would be worrisome signs that that we might be headed to a major volcanic event ? Much greater magnitude earthquakes, over a larger area of the caldera.The caldera is approx. 32 mi long by 8 miles wide. I believe the gratest quake so far has only been a 3.9 and all of the 'quakes so far have been from 1 to 10 km of depth. I also talked to a top Hawaii-based volcanologist who was relucatant to go into specifics on the record since the scientist had only web data to go on, unlike the folks at the YVO. But I think these comments are pertinent: Bob Smith, who is a seismologist and a great one, is a real straight shooter and is going to tell folks what he thinks, when he has enough information to think something. Ditto for Jake Lowenstern of the USGS. So I believe them when they say that they don't really know at this point what this swarm portends as Yellowstone is very seismically active. ... The odds of a big caldera forming eruption at Yellowstone are really infinitesimal during our lifetime.

My GEE updates are running almost 8 mins behind at this point.

Normally is only 2 to 3 mins.

I wish I could find the info on the relation between the indonesian quake in 2004 and yellowstone.

reply to post by meagerhair


yea mine have just fallen behind as well. bummer

No Data on LKWY coming through GEE since 19:52(GMT)

Maybe they are doing weekly server maintennce.

reply to post by steve95988

mine to but im sure its just a network problem and not a volcanic one.

reply to post by sad_eyed_lady


I wonder where RSOE EDIS is getting this info from?

"Professor Robert B. Smith, a geophysicist at the University of Utah and one of the leading experts on earthquake and volcanic activity at Yellowstone, said that the swarm is of keen interest to scientists. "It's not business as usual," said Smith. "This is a large earthquake swarm, and we've recorded several hundred. We are paying careful attention. This is an important sequence." Smith noted that beginning in 2004, there was "accelerated uplift of the Yellowstone Caldera" that covered the entire caldera. In 2007, Smith and his University of Utah colleagues said the current rise in the caldera was "unprecedented" but concluded that because there were no major earthquakes or "earthquake swarms" accompanying the uplift, they found "little indication that the volcano is moving toward an eruption."

it then goes on to say...
"However, the observatory said there is some potential for explosions and that earthquakes may continue and increase in intensity."

So what is it? Normal seismic activty or not?


[edit on 1/4/2009 by bigdog36]

reply to post by sageturkey


Lets keep these, and others that might come in, together so that it is in one spot to reference to for any who would say that Y acts solely alone and not connected to anything.

Vulcanology is about Physics as much as it is about Geology and Plate Tech.

Thanks people
PS. That is a thank you to you too Violet

[edit on 4-1-2009 by Mushussu]

LKWY data is also down on the Utah netowrk. Maybe they are reading the thread and sent someone out to change the calibration

Also they were just tring to zoom in on something on the ridge above old faithful with the webcam. It has a pretty good zoom on it, but it must have been an albino buffalo because I couldn't see any thing. of course if they would WIPE THE LENSE maybe we all could make soemthing out.

Situation Update-link

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 p.m. and a 3.0 temblor at 1:15 p.m. The swarm of more than 500 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 Dec. 27. The swarm is occurring beneath the northern part of Yellowstone Lake in the park. The largest of the quakes, according to the observatory, was a magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 27. Some of the larger earthquakes have been felt by park employees and guests, according to the observatory. The observatory was created as a partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey, Yellowstone National Park and the University of Utah. It monitors long-term volcanic and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone National Park region.

Professor Robert B. Smith, a geophysicist at the University of Utah and one of the leading experts on earthquake and volcanic activity at Yellowstone, said that the swarm is of keen interest to scientists. "It's not business as usual," said Smith. "This is a large earthquake swarm, and we've recorded several hundred. We are paying careful attention. This is an important sequence." Smith noted that beginning in 2004, there was "accelerated uplift of the Yellowstone Caldera" that covered the entire caldera. In 2007, Smith and his University of Utah colleagues said the current rise in the caldera was "unprecedented" but concluded that because there were no major earthquakes or "earthquake swarms" accompanying the uplift, they found "little indication that the volcano is moving toward an eruption." The last major earthquake swarm was in 1985 and lasted three months, Smith told The Denver Post. The Yellowstone Plateau, which comprises 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-known 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.

Eh....everything is starting be be repeated over and over again, it's getting dull in here these days...I'll be back when we have somethin' over 3.? again that actually appears on USGS.

Originally posted by humanaqurian
I wish I could find the info on the relation between the indonesian quake in 2004 and yellowstone.

Don't if this will help but I found this link.

findarticles.com...

reply to post by bigdog36

denverpost.com had that story on 1/02/09
www.denverpost.com...

reply to post by SpadeofAces


At the risk of this post falling into its own criticism, I just waded through ten pages of absolute garbage. Quality and not quantity, please! There is a ton of data already in this thread so if you're new here, do some digging before rehashing topics from a hundred pages ago. Let's reserve posts for new and relevant events only. This connecting of all dots stuff without any substance is killing the thread... As is the conspiracy nonsense.

Originally posted by sageturkey

Originally posted by Mushussu
reply to post by violet

 

"Scientists once believed that an earthquake at one location could not trigger earthquakes at distant sites. That belief was shattered in 1992 when the magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake in California's Mojave Desert triggered a swarm of quakes more than 800 miles away at Yellowstone, as well as other temblors near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and Yucca Mountain, Nev."

Thank you ,Thank you for reposting this

best ,
Mushussu

And another quote from the USGS pertaining to Yellowstone and other earthquakes:

"A series of local earthquake swarms was observed, and clear changes in geyser activity occurred immediately following local arrival of seismic waves from the 2002 Denali fault, Alaska, earthquake (M=7.9) in the Yellowstone National Park area, 3100 km from the epicenter. Beginning within hours of the arrival of surface waves, the YVO network located more than 250 earthquakes in the first days after the Denali event."

Here is an artical to add just in by TXTriker
Thx TXTriker

findarticles.com...

Gosh, Poor Bob Smith. I've seen his name mentioned about 20 times in news articles, studies, and websites over and over again. I bet he's hardly slept in a week.

Originally posted by pantangele
reply to post by SpadeofAces

 

At the risk of this post falling into its own criticism, I just waded through ten pages of absolute garbage. Quality and not quantity, please! There is a ton of data already in this thread so if you're new here, do some digging before rehashing topics from a hundred pages ago. Let's reserve posts for new and relevant events only. This connecting of all dots stuff without any substance is killing the thread... As is the conspiracy nonsense.

I agree, however conspiracy is what it is. That has already been dealt with also in this thread. Make up your own mind, or else it means nothing anyway to you and you basically believe what you're told, so don't worry about it.

Originally posted by dodadoom

Originally posted by pantangele
reply to post by SpadeofAces

 

At the risk of this post falling into its own criticism, I just waded through ten pages of absolute garbage. Quality and not quantity, please! There is a ton of data already in this thread so if you're new here, do some digging before rehashing topics from a hundred pages ago. Let's reserve posts for new and relevant events only. This connecting of all dots stuff without any substance is killing the thread... As is the conspiracy nonsense.

I agree, however conspiracy is what it is. That has already been dealt with also in this thread. Make up your own mind, or else it means nothing anyway to you and you basically believe what you're told, so don't worry about it.

Remember the name of the website you are at.