steph
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http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2007/05/07/earthquake-swarm-hits-yellowstone/
I don't know what to say about this one...In the past two days, there've been quite a few articles on this, some were quite grim, and others were rather relaxing.
Also, worth noting is that Yellowstone experienced a similar swarm of even higher intensity earthquakes, in '85. Besides these, there was the 7.5 earthquake in '59 and the 6.1 earthquake in '75. A newly added/modified paragraph in Yellowstone's wikipedia entry has eased some of the tension, by pointing the fact that such swarms of earthquakes have occured in the past, with no dire consequences.
All hopes are for no eruption, just as the scientists say, but if this blows, we're so mega-screwed.:blink:
EDIT: here's a link with the recent seismic activity in Yellowstone: http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/Yellowstone.html
I don't know what to say about this one...In the past two days, there've been quite a few articles on this, some were quite grim, and others were rather relaxing.
Also, worth noting is that Yellowstone experienced a similar swarm of even higher intensity earthquakes, in '85. Besides these, there was the 7.5 earthquake in '59 and the 6.1 earthquake in '75. A newly added/modified paragraph in Yellowstone's wikipedia entry has eased some of the tension, by pointing the fact that such swarms of earthquakes have occured in the past, with no dire consequences.
All hopes are for no eruption, just as the scientists say, but if this blows, we're so mega-screwed.:blink:
EDIT: here's a link with the recent seismic activity in Yellowstone: http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/Maps/Yellowstone.html