Tens of Thousands of Idaho Residents Startled by More Than 40 Earthquakes Overnight

[C Moon]

https://weather.com/news/news/southeast-idaho-earthquakes

One of the strongest earthquake to hit Idaho in years struck the southeastern region of the state Saturday night, followed by more than 40 smaller quakes throughout the night.

According to the Idaho State Journal, residents in Caribou County were startled by the 5.3-magnitude earthquake that hit shortly before 6 p.m local time Saturday. No structural damage or injuries were reported.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Is there fracking in that state or was this a completely natural event?

[haveahart]

2. And this is not news? But Trump going to church is?

[GoCubsGo]

3. It could be fracking, but they're not all that far from Yellowstone.

Which has a lot of seismic activity occurring fairly frequently.

[Nictuku]

4. Yikes.... Idaho not far from Yellowstone

That is scary.. The thought of Yellowstone blowing up.

[Baclava]

5. YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO EARTHQUAKE SWARM NOW ONE OF BIGGEST ON RECORD, WITH OVER 2,300 TREMORS

42 EARTHQUAKES HIT SOUTHEAST IDAHO FROM SATURDAY NIGHT TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/earthquakes-hit-southeast-idaho-from-saturday-night-to-early-sunday/article_060cae26-3389-508b-be7c-ae852f81ffda.html

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Researchers monitoring the seismic activity at the infamous Yellowstone super-volcano have claimed that the current swarm of earthquakes is the largest to have ever been recorded with an astonishing 2300 tremors since June.

http://www.newsweek.com/yellowstone-supervolcano-earthquake-swarm-largest-recorded-658318

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It's all cracking open!

[Orrex]

6. And you all laughed when I didn't contribute to my 401k

We'll see who's laughing when liquid rock and scalding ash are raining from the sky!

[leftofcool]

7. 2 words...Yellow and Stone

[Warpy]

8. I hope they are going to check the area for uplift

The Yelllowstone plume might be on the move. While it's likely to come through NNE of the caldera, it'll go through any weakened rocks it can find.

The next Yellowstone eruption won't be at Yellowstone. It will be to the north. My best guess is that it will give plenty of warning, unlike that silly disaster movie of it.

[highplainsdem]

9. That location is near the edge of the track the Yellowstone hotspot made through Idaho, millions of

years ago. The eastern Snake River plain was created by a dozen super-eruptions similar to the ones at Yellowstone.

But I don't know if there could be any connection between these recent Idaho earthquakes and the recent earthquake swarm at Yellowstone.

[highplainsdem]

10. Hmm. Compare USGS scenario for possible Eastern Bear Lake fault quake w/ latest quakes:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/scenarios/eventpage/bssc20142364abc_m7p29_se#executive


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