Luckily for most of us, we don't need to worry about earthquakes since we don't live near fault lines. But, many are now bothered by the possibility that a larger earthquake event at Yellowstone could have widespread effects around the country. Read more to see whether you should truly be concerned:
That earthquake swarm that’s rocking Yellowstone National Park has reached at least 1,284 individual tremors.
Despite the fact that the earthquake swarm is refusing to die down, there’s absolutely no reason to be concerned. Yellowstone’s caldera will not collapse and erupt.
It’s more likely that they are taking place because several minor fault lines streaking across the National Park are experiencing some friction, stress build up and release. There’s a good chance, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), that groundwater of heated mineral-rich fluids are being squeezed through these faults, which is causing them to fracture ever so slightly.
Mostly, this phenomenon produces earthquakes that are so weak that they are registering as having negative magnitudes.
Even if ultimately there is an eruption, it will be a lava flow, not a supervolcanic planet-changing blast. The likelihood of any eruption at all taking place at Yellowstone right now is about 1 in 730,000, and it is more likely to be harmless than devastating. Although a supervolcanic blast is a possibility, it’s extremely unlikely that it will happen.
Have you been following the increase in earthquakes at Yellowstone?
Article Source: IFL Science
Mike Snow
Tim Dal Porto
What’s going on ??
Heck yeah!!!
She’s about to blow !!!!!!!
underground nuke testing us only going to increase this…. not only North Korea the US and other countries conduct them also.
Following
This Volcano is due to go off. The best thing that could happen to this planet. Every 600,000 years it goes off, time for it to let go.
I will only get worried when there are not earthquakes
Nuti’n. Got a friend that studies these there and says it’s normal. Most of the time they see over 2k a year, sometimes alot during a short period. No change in the magma rise, just lots of seismic activity.
Yellowstone is stable from what I’ve seen. I’m watching Katla.
well they just opened it up to exploratory mining…soooo THAT should probably help. It’s super smart to drill on a super volcano
Says the gobment?!
He works for n independent research company. Been there in YS or the last 15 years.
They should post live tilt meter readings….
Earth changes due to too many holes punched in the earth an DC sky by man kind. It has changed presume and all who dwell on the earth will have a great shaking and become covered with ash, at least 1/3rd of the earth will be destroyed.