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More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« on: January 23, 2010, 10:58:25 PM »
This time the scientific types say the quakes are related to adjustments occuring in existing faults, not the movement of magma or other volcanic activity.
The story is here.
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2010, 12:34:27 AM »
Quote from: RocketMan on January 23, 2010, 10:58:25 PM
This time the scientific types say the quakes are related to adjustments occuring in existing faults, not the movement of magma or other volcanic activity.
The story is here.

Well, that is good, considering a volcanic eruption there would be... umm... bad. [popcorn]
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2010, 12:39:09 AM »
That seems like a lot of quake activity for it to just be a fault moving around a bit.  But I am neither a seismologist or a geophysicist, nor do I play either one on TV.  Hell, I haven't even stayed in a Holiday Inn Express recently.
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2010, 12:46:17 AM »
As someone living about 80 miles north of the caldera, I'm not worried...




...because I'd be nigh-instantly killed without too much pain or discomfort if it were to go up.
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2010, 01:01:36 AM »
Quote from: PTK on January 24, 2010, 12:46:17 AM
As someone living about 80 miles north of the caldera, I'm not worried...




...because I'd be nigh-instantly killed without too much pain or discomfort if it were to go up.

Yeah, you'd be one of the first to know.   :O
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2010, 01:03:13 AM »
I got the (soon to be ex-) owners of this house to knock some money off for proximity to Yellowstone, actually.  :lol:
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2010, 01:24:04 AM »
Quote from: PTK on January 24, 2010, 01:03:13 AM
I got the (soon to be ex-) owners of this house to knock some money off for proximity to Yellowstone, actually.  :lol:

Wonder if that would work here in MI? Ya know, when it comes to calderas, 10 miles or a 1,000 doesn't make a lot of difference.
I guess it would depend on my sales ;) abilities.
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2010, 04:03:45 AM »
Yeah, it would be pretty bad for anyone in the US if that thing popped. I think I agree that being taken out quickly might not be such a bad thing.  =D

The movie was 'meh' overall, but did anyone else see the CGI Yellowstone eruption in '2012'?
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2010, 12:00:55 PM »
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The movie was 'meh' overall, but did anyone else see the CGI Yellowstone eruption in '2012'?

Yeah, but I learned all you have to do is run away from it.  Easy!
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2010, 12:02:17 PM »
Sweet! Where can I get a pair of shoes that can hold up to running the 200-300 mph needed to get away from the initial pyroclastic flow?
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2010, 12:39:28 PM »
Payless maybe?  =D
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2010, 12:42:18 PM »
Yeah, them escaping was pretty funny. The effects were great for it though!
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2010, 02:17:23 PM »
That thing blows and I have a front row seat.  Nevada is littered with rhyolite and thunder eggs created from the last explosion. 
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2010, 07:16:58 PM »
Quote from: scanr on January 24, 2010, 02:17:23 PM
That thing blows and I have a front row seat.  Nevada is littered with rhyolite and thunder eggs created from the last explosion. 

Damn near everyone in the western United States has a front row seat.   :lol:
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2010, 09:04:30 PM »
there might be some rows missing heck row a might be in denver
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Re: More earthquake fun at Yellowstone: More than 1000 quakes since Sunday.
« Reply #15 on: January 24, 2010, 10:49:56 PM »
A true example of TEOTWAWKI indeed. [popcorn]
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