Whats going on at yellowstone?

Mini swarm?
M 1.2, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 02:58:51 UTC
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 08:58:51 PM at epicenter
Depth: 1.80 km (1.12 mi)

M 1.2, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 02:14:42 UTC
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 08:14:42 PM at epicenter
Depth: 4.90 km (3.04 mi)

M 1.2, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 02:48:47 UTC
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 08:48:47 PM at epicenter
Depth: 8.80 km (5.47 mi)



M 1.5, Yellowstone National Park, Montana
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013 23:47:08 UTC
Thursday, June 27, 2013 05:47:08 PM at epicenter
Depth: 9.70 km (6.03 mi)

M 1.1, Yellowstone National Park, Montana
Date: Friday, June 28, 2013 02:58:00 UTC
Thursday, June 27, 2013 08:58:00 PM at epicenter
Depth: 8.10 km (5.03 mi)

M 1.0, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date: Friday, June 28, 2013 00:45:25 UTC
Thursday, June 27, 2013 06:45:25 PM at epicenter
Depth: 8.90 km (5.53 mi)

reply to post by Roald

I have also been watching this. And checking here to see if anyone who is more knowledgeable about Yellowstone had any concerns.

reply to post by crappiekat

They might all be busy at the quake-watch thread.

It is part of the human psychosis to always ignore the elephant in the living room. Yellowstone might very well be over due for its next big eruption. But everyone just goes about their day as if it will never happen in their lifetime. Yellowstone may for all we know build up to the big eruption. This swarm of earthquake activity might be fresh lava rising up into the lava chamber. Inevitably the lava will burst to the surface and then literally all hell will break loose. It only takes a spark to get a fire burning.

Nah... even ten small earthquakes per day, might be considered a normal level for Yellowstone I guess.

As of today, I know there have been 45 Earthquakes within Yellowstone since June 23, 2013

There have been swarms there with thousands of tremors, a few small quakes isn't a concern.

reply to post by AlexanderM


Ummmm......pretty bold statement.

The reality is that no one knows. The scientist THINK they have an idea of what an eruptive phase might possibly look like, building up. However, since no one has been around (to talk about it) since the last time a super volcano (caldera) erupted, we don't know.

I think it prudent to always look a little closer whenever there is this kind of activity.

reply to post by AlexanderM


not recently , by recently i mean the last year or so.. iv been keeping my eye on her for years . she ll blow but when we least expect it .. meaning when our backs are turned and shes not being watched like a hawk by us the little people .

I've a feed from the USGS, and well, swarms and small swarms are common, in Yellowstone. It is when the swarms start with lots of M3-M5 that people focus a critical eye on Yellowstone.

Personally I am more concerned with swarms outside of Yellowstone.

There is one swarm I am watching in California, another near the southern end of the New Madrid Fault, and a couple that are in areas I feel are 'out of place'. Many of us have our hot spots that we pay attention to or focus on. Puterman and Muzzy spend a lot of time interpreting data and so on.

Many of us have lives and jobs outside of ATS, and that EQ / Volcano monitoring is a hobby.

Also, there is more than one sleeping giant in the room.
The Long Valley Caldera. The many faults along the West Coast, and the New Madrid Faults.
You could even add in Mt. Saint Helens and that volcanic region too.

But it is good that you are watching Yellowstone too.

Welcome to the club
M.

True.
The Long Valley Caldera are quite active (compared to YS) with 98 quakes more or less between June 22 and June 29.

Woah nelly....she's yawning a little bit this morning!

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2.5 quake set it off...

I just got back from a week at Yellowstone.

We didnt experience one earthquake that I felt.

Our first day up there was the 7th, just as the Norovirus outbreak started. Thank god nobody sneezed on us.

I did notice that Mammoth is drying up even more from when I first started going up there.

Things are definetly changing the last few years, in a slow quiet kinda way.

reply to post by smirkley


Got any pictures of Mammoth??

3.1 mag up there this morning, preceded and followed by several others. Certainly looking curious. NO, I am not saying it is about to erupt for those that look for an excuse to yell "fear monger!", only that it warrant our attention.

Check out this continued action!
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second swarm in an few weeks time..on the same spot...
interresting...things are heating up it seems
b.t.w are there on line SO2 measurements ?

I see that the distance between the two swarms are just around 10km - 11km (6-7miles).
I wonder if we now are going into an active period again. Not long since there was a swarm in Yellowstone Lake.

Here is the latest I got.
1.3 2013/07/01 06:10:53 44.759N 110.924W 11.0 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/07/01 05:31:33 44.759N 110.920W 6.6 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/07/01 05:30:54 44.758N 110.918W 8.3 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
2.7 2013/07/01 05:21:02 44.755N 110.918W 10.7 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.6 2013/07/01 05:20:44 44.758N 110.915W 11.9 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
2.0 2013/07/01 04:50:24 44.753N 110.916W 9.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
3.1 2013/07/01 04:49:07 44.761N 110.917W 14.0 19 km (12 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT

Just before anyone goes gaga and predict the end of the world.

www.isthisthingon.org...

Those are NOT volcanic harmonic tremors.
This is just the seismograph going a bit gaga and could use some attention.

Nidwin

So, I guess we definitely have a swarm going on.

2.9 2013/07/02 06:39:20 44.762N 111.055W 10.0 12 km ( 7 mi) NNE of West Yellowstone, MT

1.3 2013/07/01 06:10:53 44.759N 110.924W 11.0 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.7 2013/07/01 05:32:53 44.758N 110.920W 6.1 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/07/01 05:31:33 44.759N 110.920W 6.6 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/07/01 05:30:54 44.758N 110.918W 8.3 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.7 2013/07/01 05:28:35 44.759N 110.931W 9.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.7 2013/07/01 05:27:01 44.753N 110.917W 9.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.1 2013/07/01 05:24:22 44.755N 110.914W 8.2 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/07/01 05:23:55 44.757N 110.923W 9.0 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
2.7 2013/07/01 05:21:02 44.755N 110.918W 10.7 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.6 2013/07/01 05:20:44 44.758N 110.915W 11.9 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2013/07/01 05:17:31 44.763N 110.918W 10.1 19 km (12 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.5 2013/07/01 05:12:26 44.755N 110.921W 9.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
-0.5 2013/07/01 05:12:07 44.758N 110.924W 8.2 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/07/01 05:11:44 44.757N 110.916W 9.6 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.1 2013/07/01 05:10:35 44.758N 110.921W 9.3 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/07/01 05:10:09 44.754N 110.914W 8.8 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/07/01 05:09:37 44.755N 110.918W 8.8 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/07/01 05:04:32 44.757N 110.915W 9.6 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.9 2013/07/01 05:02:20 44.765N 110.915W 10.8 19 km (12 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.1 2013/07/01 04:58:41 44.759N 110.916W 9.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.8 2013/07/01 04:57:51 44.760N 110.918W 11.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.1 2013/07/01 04:56:32 44.759N 110.922W 9.1 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
2.0 2013/07/01 04:50:24 44.753N 110.916W 9.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
3.1 2013/07/01 04:49:07 44.761N 110.917W 14.0 19 km (12 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
2.0 2013/07/01 04:47:46 44.756N 110.915W 11.0 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/07/01 04:45:21 44.759N 110.917W 8.6 18 km (11 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT

aqain an miniswarm notist that most of the swarms are close to the crater rim... is the caldera rising ore dropping again?

www.seis.utah.edu...

Here is text from an article on MSN today.

Updated: August 1, 2013 | By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press, thecanadianpress.com
Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser sees rare eruption
BILLINGS, Mont. - Old Faithful it's not.

Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser sees rare eruption

Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin in Wyoming, erupts on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Steamboat Geyser — the world's tallest — has erupted for the first time in more than eight years. Park geologist Hank Heasler says Wednesday night's nine-minute blast sent steaming hot water an estimated 200 to 300 feet in the air. (AP Photo/Robb Long)

BILLINGS, Mont. - Old Faithful it's not.

Yellowstone National Park's Steamboat Geyser — the world's tallest — has erupted for the first time in more than eight years.

Park geologist Hank Heasler (HESS-ler) says Wednesday night's nine-minute blast sent steaming hot water an estimated 200 to 300 feet in the air.

Unlike Old Faithful, which spews water like clockwork every hour-and-a-half, no one knows when Steamboat will erupt next.

In the past, it's gone as long as 50 years without a major event. In 1964, it erupted a record 29 times.
Today in MSN Travel



Steamboat is one of more than 500 geysers at Yellowstone, which boasts the largest collection of hydrothermal features in the world. They're fueled by cold water seeping into a natural underground plumbing network, where heat from the park's volcano causes the periodic eruptions.

reply to post by Beartracker16




OMG Please someone, embedded the video in this link...

WOW

www.yellowstonegate.com...




Despite my grumpy mood, this video has made me cry. As I laughed. Because you may notice the fellow with the look of terror on his face. WOW


This is so wonderful. In the video, you hear the roar of nature in all her fury. Raging, and roaring as fierce as any beast or blast. This was Yellowstone's tea-kettle whistling at full blast. And, in the midst of this awesome, (i'm using the word correctly-hahaha) spectacular event, we have comic relief. Hehehehe,.

If God has a sense of humour, then our doom will be Yellowstone. Think about it. It's obvious. Millions of people go into the mouth of one of the world's largest volcano for their leisure and pleasure. Most are oblivious. To them, it's all Jellystone and Yogi bear. (Yogi Berra:"When you come to a fork in the road.... take it."

(Just so you know... I'm the best gonzo reporter ever... I double checked and Yogi Berra did say to take the fork in the road. But. He also said, " I didn't really say everything I said."

Tears are running down my cheeks.
I bang my head against the wall as I laugh.
It's almost too much too bear.

I know exactly what he meant.


. Yogi Berra is still alive. I thought he was dead. He's 88.

If you knock over the numbers in his age- you get infinity-infinity ...




There's no use in writing anymore.
Because.
"You can always observe a lot by watching."
and
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours."

here's another minor vid of steamboat by tourists visiting Yellowstone
www.mnn.com...

Not much going on yet.

1.4 2013/08/21 03:23:06 44.261N 110.657W 1.9 55 km (34 mi) ENE of Warm River, ID
1.0 2013/08/21 02:04:21 44.810N 110.998W 10.8 19 km (12 mi) NNE of West Yellowstone, MT
-0.1 2013/08/20 19:55:44 44.792N 111.001W 6.8 17 km (10 mi) NNE of West Yellowstone, MT
-0.2 2013/08/20 17:25:46 44.810N 110.997W 6.9 19 km (12 mi) NNE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2013/08/20 04:48:23 44.816N 111.275W 8.3 22 km (13 mi) NW of West Yellowstone, MT
1.4 2013/08/19 19:12:39 44.676N 110.457W 0.7 45 km (28 mi) SSE of Gardiner, MT
0.8 2013/08/18 12:32:45 44.431N 110.269W 5.7 70 km (44 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
0.9 2013/08/17 03:34:07 44.755N 110.772W 7.4 28 km (18 mi) ENE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/08/16 23:32:10 44.422N 110.535W 3.3 53 km (33 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.0 2013/08/16 05:52:43 44.642N 109.859W 12.6 42 km (26 mi) S of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
0.3 2013/08/16 05:22:00 44.624N 110.406W 3.9 52 km (32 mi) SSE of Gardiner, MT
1.2 2013/08/16 05:21:23 44.620N 110.381W 1.5 53 km (33 mi) SSE of Gardiner, MT
1.4 2013/08/15 04:41:28 44.716N 110.441W 2.0 42 km (26 mi) SSE of

Shake rattle n rock?

Some small shaking in and around Yellowstone area again?

1.6 2013/09/03 07:35:09 44.578N 110.735W 10.5 31 km (19 mi) ESE of West Yellowstone, MT
1.7 2013/09/02 12:26:30 44.705N 110.023W 15.1 35 km (22 mi) S of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT
2.1 2013/09/02 06:09:50 44.777N 111.090W 8.8 13 km ( 8 mi) N of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/09/02 05:29:49 44.763N 111.087W 8.5 11 km ( 7 mi) N of West Yellowstone, MT
0.6 2013/09/02 05:29:42 44.779N 111.077W 9.7 13 km ( 8 mi) N of West Yellowstone, MT
2.1 2013/09/02 05:11:02 44.778N 111.088W 8.8 13 km ( 8 mi) N of West Yellowstone, MT
2.5 2013/09/01 03:45:36 44.586N 110.379W 2.1 57 km (35 mi) SSE of Gardiner, MT
1.6 2013/08/31 23:54:53 44.821N 110.938W 6.7 22 km (14 mi) NE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.3 2013/08/31 18:54:42 44.773N 111.086W 8.4 12 km ( 8 mi) N of West Yellowstone, MT
0.7 2013/08/31 04:11:04 44.743N 110.780W 2.3 27 km (17 mi) ENE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.7 2013/08/30 07:27:43 44.394N 110.817W 2.5 38 km (23 mi) SE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.7 2013/08/30 06:23:01 44.092N 110.599W 10.0 49 km (30 mi) NE of Alta, WY
0.4 2013/08/29 19:07:21 44.583N 110.466W 7.9 51 km (32 mi) E of West Yellowstone, MT
0.8 2013/08/29 06:49:49 44.732N 110.803W 5.1 25 km (16 mi) ENE of West Yellowstone, MT
0.4 2013/08/28 07:02:15 44.446N 110.202W 9.7 67 km (41 mi) SSW of Cooke City-Silver Gate, MT