New Earthquake Swarm at Yellowstone- October 14, 2009

reply to post by TrueAmerican


think the stations are wonky like the
owens lake stations were ?

I am sorry but can you guys please talk in layman's terms?

My question for you is if YS does have an event, does it have to be life destroying or can it just let off a bit and trow some ash up and such?

If an EQ a serious EQ happens in Yellowstone does that spell imminent doom?

I will patiently await your answer because for a few years now little on this site deeply disturbs me as Ys, my little granddaughter lives in Shasta.

can you translate this chart please?
like LKWY bhz. what in the sam hill is that? looks like fingernails on a chalkboard! see image



[edit on 14-10-2009 by undo]

reply to post by antar


discovery channel video on the yellowstone caldera.

Jesus Christ, I hope this isn't another Yellowstone mega-thread.

Of course we'll have to keep an eye on it, as it IS yellowstone, but lets PLEASE not hash out another one like the last time. That thing kept me up at night for weeks. Literally.

Of course, that is all me... But still.

We have seen that Yellowstone can experience swarms... and does.

I would like to say that I'll wait for a substantial quake in this region this go around, but I probably won't.

reply to post by antar


Hi Antar, I covered this in my earlier post. There is speculation that Yellowstone actually blows out, and not up. The evidence supporting this theory comes from the large basalt lava flows which are spread all over the Northwest. At the very least it is an interesting theory, and it would mean a much "nicer" eruption should Yellowstone go off.

If the other theory that it blows up should occur, then kiss Your arse good bye

Either way because of the gas trapped in the magma of the caldera there will never be a half arsed explosion, but a full fledged explosion; either up, or out.

reply to post by antar

Actually I beleive statistically speaking,
a hydrothermal event is much more likely
and happens more frequently than a major eruption.

As for damage, its anyones guess.
As for one who relies on irrigation water from that region,
any large event would not be good at all!

I will go dig up the info on the hydrotherms and be right back.
Well I found this right off:

Yellowstone National Park geologist Hank Heasler was lecturing a group of colleagues in Biscuit Basin on the rarity of hydrothermal explosions last week when – Boom!

www.jhnewsandguide.com...
Ya, here it is:

Much larger hydrothermal explosions have occurred at Yellowstone in the recent geologic past. More than a dozen large hydrothermal-explosion craters formed between about 14,000 and 3,000 years ago, triggered by sudden changes in pressure of the hydrothermal system. Most of these craters are within the Yellowstone Caldera or along a north-south-trending zone between Norris and Mammoth Hot Springs.

www.yellowstone.net...



[edit on 14-10-2009 by dodadoom]

reply to post by JayinAR


yeah you're smart to not let it freak ya out.
i'm just observing and learning.

I wonder what Mt. St. Helens is up to these days? I haven't heard anything
about it lately. Anybody up on that?

reply to post by sanchoearlyjones


Someone relayed some info during the last yellowstone thread that there was a MOUNTAIN found about 100 miles east of yellowstone that was believed to once be a part OF yellowstone.

It was blown 100 miles through the air and landed upside down.
Apparently this is how the geologists were able to link the two. Strata matched both sites, but inversed...

Pop tops and lands upside down. (top pops, rather)

That isn't good.

[edit on 14-10-2009 by JayinAR]

Originally posted by JayinAR
reply to post by sanchoearlyjones

 

Someone relayed some info during the last yellowstone thread that there was a MOUNTAIN found about 100 miles east of yellowstone that was believed to once be a part OF yellowstone.

It was blown 100 miles through the air and landed upside down.
Apparently this is how the geologists were able to link the two. Strata matched both sites, but inversed...

Pop tops and lands upside down. (top pops, rather)

That isn't good.

[edit on 14-10-2009 by JayinAR]

Talk about a fiery temper! lol!

Seriously, though, that's pretty cool. Can you send a link to a picture? I'd love to see an upside down mountain!

Originally posted by JayinAR
Jesus Christ, I hope this isn't another Yellowstone mega-thread.

Phew, thanks, I needed some humor right about now. I surely hope not. Take it easy for the moment on the flags for this thread please people- I don't want to alarm anyone unnecessarily.

She's quieted down now for the moment. Hopefully, it was a one-time thingy false alarm thingy. It is an active area. So it is to be expected, and as Oz said, probably nothing to worry about- yet. I'll let yas know when to start flaggin! Hopefully never!

reply to post by JayinAR

I agree Jay!

However, from another perspective, that thread has some serious info!
It was nice to speculate and throw our thoughts back and forth.
It taught me alot and I would have to applaud the thread and all the participants at the very least!

I spent many sleepless nights here myself but I spent it with friends!
And I mean that! You know who you are, after all your on my friends list!

It is nice to have a place to go where you can actually talk about things that are out there a little!
Things that most others just roll their glazed eyes over.




[edit on 15-10-2009 by dodadoom]

Aww darn, another one just hit, this one 300+ microns BHN and 166 on the BHZ channel. Those are still small, like 1.5 mag to 2.5 mag tops. But to me it is the issue of these occurring so close together in time. I believe we are already at mini swarm status here.

reply to post by dodadoom


Very true.
We can be quite a nerdly lot.

Originally posted by dodadoom
reply to post by JayinAR

 

I agree Jay!

However, from another perspective, that thread has some serious info!
It was nice to speculate and throw our thoughts back and forth.
It taught me alot and I would have to applaud the thread and all the participants at the very least!

I spent many sleepless nights here myself but I spent it with friends!
And I mean that! You know who you are, after all your on my friends list!

It is nice to have a place to go where you can actually talk about things that are out a little there!
Things that most others just roll their glazed eyes over.

Well said, well said.

I hate it when people slam those of us with over-imaginations and say that we're over-reacting. (Not saying that JayinAr did that, but many others do.) This website is basically here for people to have a place to discuss the extreme possibilities of any given situation, isn't it?

Anyone can sit at home on the couch and go "Ho-hum, nothing new today. What's on TV?"

reply to post by nikiano


No, I couldn't possibly send a link with a picture.
Just some random info I picked up in that other thread... what was it, half a year ago?

It stuck out to me because it seemed amazing.

reply to post by JayinAR


nerds ftw.
nerds unite!
nerds 'r' us!
i am nerd, hear me think!
gettin' nerdy with it!
i'm nerd, i'm nerd, ya know it.
and the whole world has to answer right now
cause i tell ya once again, i'm nerd.

anyway, somebody want to link the other ys thread?

reply to post by JayinAR


Thanks for the comic relief!
I would have to say besides nerdy,
we are aware, awake and on guard!

Peace to the volcano gods btw!
(is this where we have to find a sacrificial virgin?)

Well I tried cracking a joke! (it's late)

More fun reading while you're waiting for Halloween


News Releases
volcanoes.usgs.gov...

Recent Earthquakes
earthquake.usgs.gov...

Recent Earthquake Animation
quake.utah.edu...

Timelapse Video by ATX member Shirakawa of the last Yellowstone Swarm
www.youtube.com...

Seismographs
www.quake.utah.edu...

Ground Deformation
pboweb.unavco.org...×eries=raw

Fault Lines
www.quake.utah.edu...

Water Data
waterdata.usgs.gov...

Range Data
www.geology.wisc.edu...

Magma Chamber Data
www.nationalparkstraveler.com...

Historical seismograph Archives
www.isthisthingon.org...

Current Wind and Air Quality Data
www.nature.nps.gov...

Old Faithful Cam
www.nps.gov...

Worldwide seismic server
aslwww.cr.usgs.gov...

Worldwide Disaster Alert Map
hisz.rsoe.hu...

Ash coverage from past eruptions
www.earthmountainview.com...

Current Jet Stream
www.wunderground.com...

Juan de Fuca plate study
repositories.cdlib.org...

Another great site with info on Yellowstone
www.solcomhouse.com...


Still not a thing showing up at USGS... quite odd indeed since events are being recorded at multiple stations in GEE with some energy.

[edit on 15-10-2009 by lernmore]