When the average person thinks of Yellowstone National Park, beautiful scenery, colorful geysers, bears and buffalo probably come to mind.
What most people don’t know is that the park sits on top of a supervolcano and the area is subject to frequent earthquake swarms.
Since June 12, more than 400 earthquakes have been recorded in Yellowstone. The latest one was yesterday, a magnitude 3 earthquake that struck 8.6 miles north-northeast of West Yellowstone, Montana.
With so much seismic activity, is there a risk that the multiplicity of earthquakes could trigger a volcanic eruption?
Find out what leading scientists think on the next page, as well as what the impact of a supervolcano eruption could be.
I’d be more afraid if it wasn’t moving around down there.
nope, it happens every day, I used to go to college near there and we had a seismograph that recorded quakes every day. Just ho hum.
God I hope so… can I stand right next it when it go’s or are the ranger Rick dudley douchebags gonna block it off so I have to die in the ugly aftermath…
Frakking would explain the seismic more than a long dormant not heating up super volcano…
You see that sliver of Wisconsin in the south east corner that won’t be hit… yup any other questions if I’m immortal or not. God won’t let me die, he knows I want it too much. Like the aliens that will never come back, I’ve been here a while. No signs of intelligent life. I’m ready to leave…
Its the mother load of the 5 super volcanos around the world. If it goes so does most of USA and sends the world into a nuclear winter which is the beginning of the end of humanity and all living creatures on the planet.
My condolences!
Charlene Brown-Mora…. birth pains
A “swarm” of earthquakes? Never heard it called that… Sounds like the quakes are flying…
Man has no clue.
Yes many ate . all over. And closer to tether