Yellowstone daily earthquake report for Friday #304

[seemslikeadream]

[DJ13]

1. I bet you could surf on that lake with all the quakes under it

[Richard D]

2. Wow.

Since you posted this there have been 4 more quakes there.
Not feeling particularly good about this.

[supernova]

3. Who wants to go take a swig out of that lake?

:silly:

Wow. It's just awesome to look at that animation. :thumbsup:

[XOKCowboy]

10. Maybe it will kill the Lake Trout...

that some genius introduced into the lake thinking it would make better fishing. They decimated the native cutthroat trout. The things we humans do to "improve" nature.

I remember camping and fishing from the shore of Yellowstone Lake when I was about 6 and on vacation with my grandparents. I also spent an amazing night at Lake Lodge on a motorcycle trip back in the 80's. Seeing the full moon come up over the mountains and bathe the lake with moonlight is something I'll never forget.

Never felt an earthquake any time I've been there. Maybe ol' Momma Nature is feeling her oats.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

4. Our planet

still has so much in store for us.

Yellowstone is a magical place. It stole my breath at every turn. I would miss it if it was gone, but I think I'd be as spiritually overwhelmed by whatever it was to become, at least as long as the Earth itself was wreaking the havoc.

[arcadian]

9. You will be spirtually overwhelmed by not being on the planet any longer.

Same with the rest of us. If Yellowstone blows it's gonna be a planet killer.

[Sanctified]

12. Not necessarily only like 90% of the world population will die. n/t

[shadowknows69]

15. Still not good odds

And considerably less on this continent I suspect.

[Idealism]

5. That is so sad

The place is beautiful, been there twice. Geothermal activity everywhere, all though I could do without the paint pots (the sulfur smell is pretty bad), I wouldn't want any interruption in the amazing features.

[XOKCowboy]

6. It is an active caldera...

I first learned about it from Carl Sagan on Cosmos I believe. Then there was a PBS documentary called Making Of A Continent that showed it's path as it made it's way from eastern WA/OR to it's present location. I've been to Yellowstone a dozen times and when you know the geological history it's pretty obvious that something is "brewing" underneath it.

As Carl Sagan noted geological time is measured in millennia. It's Mother Nature at work and there's nothing we can do about it. No one knows when or even if it will ever blow. It's interesting to watch though.

[supernova]

7. Latest guess

is that area is on a 600K year cycle, give or take a few millenia. We're currently at 640K I think. I watched a special on Discovery Channel Science Channel about it recently.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/supervolcano/supervolcano.html

edit: correct program info

[arcadian]

11. It's called a "Hot Spot"

There is one under Hawaii too

[liberal N proud]

8. Yellowstone always has seismic activity

It will be interesting to see the effect it has on the geothermal activity.

We always love traveling to Yellowstone to and exploring the changes since our last visit. The changes following the great fires was incredible to watch.

[XOKCowboy]

13. Wasn't it though??

My dad (a rancher and agronomist) and I went through there 2 yrs after the fire and were amazed how the burn areas were regenerating. Remember how people were horrified that the Park Service let it burn and how Yellowstone had been ruined by the fire? Bullhockey. It was the best thing that ever happened to the Park.

Yellowstone is an incredible place. Hopefully things will settle down and we can keep enjoying it a little while longer. :)

[liberal N proud]

18. We were there the year of the fires

We moved from area to area to avoid the fire and eventually cut our trip short.

For several years after the fires, we would make a trip back and take pictures with our oldest daughter next to the trees. She was 1 when we were there during the fires.

We were there last in 2000 and most of the trees were twice as tall as her. We have missed our annual trips since moving to the eastern portion of the country. But that gives us opportunity to explore other areas of the nation. We still have not made it to Maine though.

[Muttocracy]

14. I haven't seen those animated before - neat! Alaska's having a bunch too:

http://www.earthquake.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/special/Alaska.php

though I guess that's normal in the Aleutians.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. We have tremors here pretty consistently.

Most of the time I don't even feel them.

Kind of off subject -- well, not really -- here's an ice sculpture of the 1964 quake in Anchorage. It's Alaska's 50th birthday tomorrow, so there are all kinds of historical displays around town.




ed. Birthday as a "state," I guess I should say.

[Muttocracy]

20. that's amazing!!!

[shadowknows69]

16. SLAD you know I love ya

But I can't handle ANOTHER countdown to our destruction. I thought I was the official DU doom and gloomer. Time to test out my newly increased Xanax dosage I guess. Maybe it will make the lava feel cooler. B-)

[lovuian]

17. very interesting

seems Mother nature is having a Hot flash

[Garbo 2004]

21. Yellowstone Volcano Observatory web site:

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. cool map. THANKS.