5.0 EARTHQUAKE in YELLOWSTONE! Super Volcano Caldera "Unzipping"

[BabaRa]

March 30, 2014 -- (TRN) -- *** UPDATED *** A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck directly inside Yellowstone National Park possibly indicating a pending eruption of the Yellowstone SUPER volcano. As of 12:59 PM EDT, a total of seven earthquakes have now hit Yellowstone and the pattern is sequential clockwise, around the super volcano caldera! It appears the super volcano is "unzipping!"

The earthquake took place at 8:34 AM eastern daylight time at a depth of 4.2 miles. The USGS report is HERE. It was preceded by a Fore-shock of magnitude 3.0 about two hours earlier, around 6:30 AM eastern US time.

Massive harmonics from the quake have been recorded throughout ALL the seismometers within Yellowstone. Multiple after shocks are still occurring as the article is being live-updated. as of 12:59 PM EDT, there have now been a total of SEVEN recorded earthquakes all in the same area in Yellowstone.
7 earthquakes in map area
3.3 32km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 11:12:24 UTC-04:00 6.0 km
3.1 32km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 11:07:49 UTC-04:00 6.6 km
2.5 33km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 09:56:40 UTC-04:00 7.7 km
3.1 34km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 09:30:52 UTC-04:00 4.5 km
5.0 37km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 08:34:39 UTC-04:00 6.8 km
3.0 35km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 06:36:25 UTC-04:00 1.6 km
2.8 36km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-03-30 02:23:48 UTC-04:00 1.5 km

The mouth of the Yellowstone Super Volcano is called the "Caldera" and it is huge. The map below from the National Park Service gives you a sense of the size of it. Bear in mind that Yellowstone National Park is 53 MILES long and 64 MILES wide.

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/external?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Fyell%2Fnatures cience%2Fimages%2Fcaldera_rim.gif

http://www.turnerradionetwork.com/news/389-pat

NOTE; USGS has since downgraded it to a 4.8

[Spiral]

:frantic:

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em :nails:

[Tribe]

poor yogi ! in all seriousness though , i hope they have a good evac plan! :frantic:

[Spiral]

poor yogi ! in all seriousness though , i hope they have a good evac plan! :frantic:

They ?

If that thing goes off the nearest safe place is the Moon, this planet is toast !

[Altaira]

I hope this is nothing serious as the earthquake is very shallow. I would imagine its just an adjustment withing the continental crust which could be caused by some crumbling ricks or air bubbles pushed by lave from the volcano or could be created by HAARP technology. Which really is insane to tinker at such vulnerable area as Yellowstone.

[Tribe]

well now i feel stupid! l:blsh:

[Altaira]

Don't be its dead easy http://www.moorlandschool.co.uk/earth/earth_science/earthinterior.gifImagine a Scotch egg......

The outer shell of the Earth is called the CRUST (breadcrumbs)
The next layer is called the MANTLE (sausagemeat)
The next layer is the liquid OUTER CORE (egg white)
The middle bit is called the solid INNER CORE (egg yolk)
DEAD EASY !

The deepest anyone has drilled into the earth is around 12 kilometres, we've only scratched the surface. How do we know what's going on deep underground?

[Tribe]

hhm ok well that teaches me for bunking off geography class ( alot !)

Thanks for the help Sistar! :thup: xx

[Spiral]

well now i feel stupid! l:blsh:

I studied Geology at school & have a brother doing a PHD in it who I talk to about this stuff ( I also saw a documentary about this super volcano at Yellowstone ) so don't.

Its so big its not even really volcano a, its a "super volcano" or "caldera" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

[Tribe]

Ahh Mr nik is telling me all about it , im glad i married a Encyclopedic nerd ! love this learning stuff ! :) x

[Tribe]

I studied Geology at school & have a brother doing a PHD in it who I talk to about this stuff ( I also saw a documentary about this super volcano at Yellowstone ) so don't.

Its so big its not even really volcano a, its a "super volcano" or "caldera" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

Hey thanks for that :) i realize i have a lot to learn and thats why I love TOT , its great to actually want to know , want the info . and to have peeps like you to help me on my journey ! x



I am going to youtube for a documenty now spiral , may not sleep tonight though lol

[BabaRa]

It could simply be an adjustment to the 5.1 that occurred in the Los Angeles area 2 days ago. It didn't do much damage - and was also not very deep.

OTOH any time there is activity in one of the super volcanoes, I pay attention. Not that there's anything one can do about it.

When the super volcano Toba erupted aprox 77,000 years ago - many scientists believe it was the pre-curser to an ice age.

Even when Krakatoa (regular volcano) erupted 1883, I believe, besides all the people it killed in surrounding areas and via Tsunami - the amount of ash it send up kept sun rays from getting to the earth as usual and it was said to be the year of no summer. Bad winter throughout planet.

[Highland1]

Volcanic Earthquakes — Yellowstone and California — Animals giving warning?


http://youtu.be/ns9R4a-x4tE

Could just be migration?

Russ