Earthquakes

[Turtle]

Is Yellowstone super-volcano gonna blow!! At any rate, some shakin' is goin' on that's worth watching.

Earthquakes at Yellowstone Supervolcano: Update - Capital Commerce (usnews.com)

Yellowstone Lake Earthquake Swarm Update: 2 January 2008

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports that as of 1800 MST on 2 January 2009, seismicity of the ongoing Yellowstone earthquake swarm continues. Over 500 earthquakes, as large as M 3.9, have been recorded by an automated earthquake system since the inception of this unusual earthquake sequence that began Dec. 27, 2008. More than 300 of these events have been reviewed and evaluated by seismic analysts. Depths of the earthquakes range from ~ 1km to around 10 km. We note that the earthquakes extend northward from central Yellowstone Lake for ~10 km toward the Fishing Bridge area, with a migration of recent earthquakes toward the north. Some of the dozen M3+ earthquakes were felt in the Lake, Grant Village and Old Faithful areas. Personnel of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory continue to evaluate this earthquake sequence and will provide information to the NPS, USGS and the public as it evolves.
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How will we know if we should start worrying? The real warning signs will be rapid changes in the shape of the ground as well as volcanic gases leaking from the ground, neither of which have been sighted—yet.

"Eruptions are far enough apart that there is a very low probability of the next eruption happening in our lifetimes or anytime soon," Daniel Dzurisin of the USGS told me in 2006. "The flipside is: [Yellowstone] has been active for millions of years and it's going to erupt again sometime." ...

[Moontanman]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Is Yellowstone super-volcano gonna blow!! At any rate, some shakin' is goin' on that's worth watching.

Earthquakes at Yellowstone Supervolcano: Update - Capital Commerce (usnews.com)

Uh oh, how far away do we have to be to survive the explosion?

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Moontanman

Uh oh, how far away do we have to be to survive the explosion?

everyone is too close bro.

you're prolly OK for the initial blast and even the ash fall, so you may get to try & not starve to death during the ensuing 'nuclear' Winter(s).

here's a map of past eruptions:
LiveScience.com |

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by Turtle

everyone is too close bro.

With some things, the closer the *better*!

I spend a chunk of the year sitting on top of the Long Valley Caldera, and I'm much happier there than home which sits right next to the Hayward Fault...When LV blows, well, it will all go quickly!

Every Hottentot and every Eskimo,
Buffy

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Buffy

With some things, the closer the *better*!

I spend a chunk of the year sitting on top of the Long Valley Caldera, and I'm much happier there than home which sits right next to the Hayward Fault...When LV blows, well, it will all go quickly!

Every Hottentot and every Eskimo,
Buffy

I remembered that you started a thread on supervolcanos, but checking it I found that we never got around to discussing Yellowstone. What the..!!?? Here we go thens: Supervolcanos!

[Buffy]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Here we go thens: Supervolcanos!

Oh goody!

Suppose the Macedo trench splits open under the ocean? A crack a thousand miles long, bringing superheated magma in contact with the ocean... Earthquakes, tidal waves, mass destruction on an apocalyptic scale!
Buffy

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Buffy

Oh goody!

Suppose the Macedo trench splits open under the ocean? A crack a thousand miles long, bringing superheated magma in contact with the ocean... Earthquakes, tidal waves, mass destruction on an apocalyptic scale!
Buffy

Only now checking that trench...oh dear. Well, something big just cracked for reals less than an hour ago.

Preliminary Report: Magnitude 7.3 - EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS

Map: Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

PS forgot to mention the 2.1 quake this morning, 50 miles from me at Mt. St. Helens: >> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...uw01141622.php

[Turtle]

Lot's of earthquake activity of late and as I earlier related here, I feel quakes others don't and suffer other physical anomalies consistent with the Charlotte King effect. Right now it is Alaska going to town, earlier in the week a swarm in California and the week before a great-quake and shock aftershock series near Tonga. This may also have some bearing on the more aggressive behavior of the dogs going after me yesterday as well as a whale beaching on our Pacific coast in Oregon. Nothing is not connected.

Map Centered at 55°N, 160°W

SCSN - The Southern California Seismic Network

Since we as yet cannot predict quakes, it only makes sense to have an earthquake emergency kit & plan.
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