Yellowstone Just Lit Up Again With a New Swarm- happening now

Hmm, that 3.5 happened after I went to bed. If this is anything like other smaller swarms at YS, that 3.5 should be the peak magnitude of all, and it should wind down from there. But still, notice that this is two separate swarms, occurring simultaneously:

www.seis.utah.edu...

It seems like it has been more active this week from Yellowstone down towards Mexico. I wonder why it seems to be going down that way. I don't think there is a fault line there. Maybe there is too much fracking going on down there lately

rickymouse
It seems like it has been more active this week from Yellowstone down towards Mexico. I wonder why it seems to be going down that way. I don't think there is a fault line there. Maybe there is too much fracking going on down there lately

Here is a CRAZY conspiracy:

what if the fracking and the deepsea horizon blow out was just a big secret plan to releave yellowstones preasure into the gulf of mexico?

no need to debunk that with science. conspiracy theories require no such thing...

All just today, so far, 9-13-13
Has there been a swarm like this in anyone's memory??

1.6
26km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 14:16:17 UTC-05:007.9 km
1.7
26km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 14:12:59 UTC-05:006.8 km
1.3
28km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 12:18:29 UTC-05:006.9 km
1.4
12km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 08:14:49 UTC-05:0010.9 km
2.3
26km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 08:13:06 UTC-05:008.3 km
1.7
27km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 08:07:30 UTC-05:005.6 km
2.9
27km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 07:58:39 UTC-05:008.5 km
3.2
27km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
2013-09-13 07:55:57 UTC-05:006.5 km
1.1
13km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 06:25:37 UTC-05:006.6 km
2.1
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 06:22:36 UTC-05:0010.8 km
0.8
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 06:12:36 UTC-05:005.4 km
1.8
14km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 05:41:24 UTC-05:004.9 km
0.8
13km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 05:40:53 UTC-05:009.0 km
1.2
12km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 05:31:48 UTC-05:0011.7 km
0.8
12km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:28:03 UTC-05:004.3 km
1.6
12km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:27:28 UTC-05:009.6 km
1.4
14km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:26:16 UTC-05:004.7 km
1.9
12km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:25:21 UTC-05:004.9 km
1.4
18km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:19:51 UTC-05:0013.2 km
1.6
13km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:13:36 UTC-05:004.9 km
2.1
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 03:01:06 UTC-05:008.7 km
1.6
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 02:58:07 UTC-05:006.5 km
0.6
10km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 02:57:40 UTC-05:003.7 km
0.9
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 02:47:02 UTC-05:002.2 km
2.1
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 02:45:39 UTC-05:005.1 km
2.3
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 02:44:48 UTC-05:006.6 km
1.8
11km N of Old Faithful Geyser, Wyoming
2013-09-13 02:44:23 UTC-05:009.1 km

I can't see no bees anywhere! Am I missing something.

Is there anything we can actually do if Yellowstone blows though? I mean other than get to the shops first and buy enough food to keep us alive for a few months longer than everybody else?

reply to post by Painterz


It would depend where you live. All the sudden Mexico sounds lovely!

I've worked in Yellowstone a few times, once not long ago. Even after watching the last swarm very closely and learning as much as I could about the beast, gaining a healthy amount of respect and a bit of fear about it - Nothing drives the point home like sitting on top of it. I was a bit edgy to say the least despite the overwhelming beauty. At least I'm a few 100 miles away now, so I guess I'd have at least a few more minutes to live

From Yellowstone to Mexico...
does New Madrid fall in there? that one worries me too.

I know there are quakes throughout the park... but ive pulled up station maple creek YNP,WY on EHE and it seems to pick up these quakes in including very minor ones the most... this is on GEE btw

Bloody hell - that thing is threatening!

I remember reading it has the potential to block out the sun from the entire planet due to the ash cloud.

3 days of darkness (more like 6 months) anyone?

OP you seem like the earthquake guy around here along with a few others. Is there a place you can point me to where I can learn more about Yellowstone and what you're all talking about? The extent of my knowledge on the subject is that if Yellowstone blows it's not going to be fun. I thought these swarms happened all the time, so which ones do you ignore and which get you excited?

Would you or have you ever done an earthquakes for dummies thread? You're awesome at compiling threads, and I think you'd do a great job laying it all out for people like me who notice their eyes glazing over when they hear about depth and frequency etc.

Domo1
OP you seem like the earthquake guy around here along with a few others. Is there a place you can point me to where I can learn more about Yellowstone and what you're all talking about? The extent of my knowledge on the subject is that if Yellowstone blows it's not going to be fun. I thought these swarms happened all the time, so which ones do you ignore and which get you excited?

Would you or have you ever done an earthquakes for dummies thread? You're awesome at compiling threads, and I think you'd do a great job laying it all out for people like me who notice their eyes glazing over when they hear about depth and frequency etc.

I am going to agree with Domo on this one, I live the other side of the state from New Madrid, but have never really followed the earthquake thing.

Don't want to sound stupid,,,but what is GEE???

I am not an expert, but the YS swarms tend to be small quakes, when we start seeing 3.0 and above it can get people to take notice. So one aspect is the size of the quakes, don't like seeing 3.0 and above.

reply to post by curiousme333


Not stupid sounding at all! Global Earthquake Explorer. It is a free program that you can download.

reply to post by westcoast
Thank you. I too am a earthquake watcher and I live not to far from Mt St Helens so I keep an eye on what is happenig.

Baddogma
Does anyone know an obnoxious virgin we could sacrifice?

Tried and true method of volcanic mollification by the aboriginals for years... and it worked, too... until it didn't.

Honey Boo Boo?

reply to post by TrueAmerican


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Woody Harrelson is gonna die! Drag his butt out of there John Cusack! He can still see the destruction from the plane!