Yellowstone supervolcano was recently hit with over 450 earthquakes, prompting scientists to closely monitor the area. The first of the swarm of earthquakes began on June 12th and continued in the following days, including up to a 4.5M earthquake.
It's important to note that despite Yellowstone supervolcano's ability to erupt catastrophically, there do not appear to be signs that this swarm of earthquakes is leading to an eruption.
Geologists have monitoring systems setup surrounding the Yellowstone supervolcano that can detect seismicity underground. This monitoring system both provides data for researchers to better understand the volcano and as an early warning system. In this case, the most recent swarm of earthquakes likely was a result of the magma within the supervolcano moving through channels and conduits as it continues to fill.
The recent 4.5M earthquake was the largest to hit Yellowstone since March of 2014 when a 4.8M earthquake struck the area. Most of the earthquakes were limited to magnitudes below 1 and within the upper 9 miles of the crust. Keep in mind the earthquake magnitude scale is logarithmic, so a magnitude 2 earthquake is 10 times more powerful than a magnitude 1 earthquake.
This isn't the first time earthquake swarms have hit Yellowstone, but the latest swarm was 7 years ago in 2010. In fact, it's not uncommon that earthquakes tend to hit in swarms. As crustal rock breaks and produces an earthquake, strain is transferred to another location and often times causes a chain of crustal breaks.
Scientists are acutely in tune with the daily happenings of the Yellowstone supervolcano given its history of global scale eruptions. This particular event was marked as a 'green' by the USGS, providing clear direction that the geologists monitoring the supervolcano do not expect any imminent threat.
i am safe with my bunker 40 floors below sea level.
Dylan Russell
eruption will trigger San Andrea's fault and New Madrid and Ramapo all at once
during a blizzard
Hudson Kelly
Would denver with 100-300mm be 'safe'?
Charles Martin
Barely affected in NY. Fucking terrible. I often wish this city would get buried. >At least California's getting a respectable dusting.
Adrian Garcia
.... No user
Tyler Walker
Yellowstone is a meme. It will never erupt in our lifetime
Luke Brown
How long would the ash take to get here? Denver is more prone to civil unrest and the like than any other place I have lived heh.
Matthew Carter
The whole planet would be affected you dumb fuck
Anthony Gray
>including up to a 4.5M earthquake. Its literally nothing
Liam Jackson
Yeah, but not everyone is getting buried under several centimeters of ash. >Califag detected.
Adrian Harris
If you have an N-95 mask, goggles, and a gun you should be fine.
Eli Barnes
Post your best Yellowstone-chan memes!
Next Pride Parade in Southeastern Idaho!
Carson Brooks
"Donald Trump is a meme, he'll never get elected President"
Sup Forums-"Here hold my beer!"
Jayden Bell
yes
Evan Gomez
Its gonna be a mass extinction event that could lead to an ice age
Thomas Bailey
it's millimeters you dumb fuck, even in the area just outside the kill zone it's just over 3 feet.
imagine a really bad snow-storm but it's unsafe to breathe and collapses roofs.
Brayden Price
Yellowstone will erupt in 2019
Zachary Foster
Why is this on Sup Forums?
Jason Flores
I have no idea where "Latvia" even is. And I refuse to look it up.
Hudson Gutierrez
Yes, I can read. 10mm = 1cm.
SF is getting 1-3cm. NY gets, wait for it, .1-.3 cm.
lrn2convert dude. Why u so mad?
Brandon Green
i have a good chance. i would be more worried about the blacks migrating out of the nearby cities moreso than my white methhead neighbors. growing food would be difficult/impossible without a generator fueled to run for years. i can some food myself but i just cant kill enough animals to really start making surplus
Hunter Diaz
r o l l i n g for you
Lucas Scott
The ash would also cause global famine induced by a volcanic winter so even if you don't die from breathing in heaps of ash you'll starve to death. And it'll be like this for the next 5-10 years.
Alexander Bell
HE CAN'T DO BASIC MATHS
Jackson Howard
nice trips, 'several' usually means more than 1-3 though so it sounded like you were exaggerating
Josiah Williams
i dont see my country on there so i think im safe
Colton Scott
The fact that these earthquake swarms continue to happen on a semi-regular basis is actually a good sign* as it shows that pressure is being dissipated slowly rather than quickly via an eruption. It's the super-volcanoes which haven't been having regular earthquakes which we should worry about.
* up to a point of course, if they were happening almost "continuously" then that could signal a problem
Colton Fisher
It's not going to blow up in for another 50,000 years. I say it so and so it shall.
Carter Howard
i live north west, iowa 2 miles from south dakota boarder, dun matter about ash, scoop that shit like snow and make bricks, build new houses.
Joshua Nelson
Oi seppos, red-pill me on the 2009 -present Oklahoma earthquake swarms. Is this a case of man-made geological disruption?
William Brown
Islam says that alot of earthquakes will happen around the time of the end of the world.
It's finally happening.
Blake Ross
>not drilling holes all over yellowstone to relieve the pressure
I'm convinced they want it to explode.
Owen Edwards
latvia is little russia, next to estonia and lithuania.
Parker Kelly
Yeah, unless you actually have that much food stored up in a bunker, no other amount of prepping will do that much good.
Zachary Davis
>tfw in south texas enjoy dying niggers
Nathan Phillips
>pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs027-00/ >ash takes several hours to spread >there are warning signs that can happen days to weeks before an eruption Even if yellowstone happened it wouldn't be much of a happening beyond the initial civil unrest and the long-term effects on livestock and agriculture. There would not be massive and immediate loss of life though
Jace Ross
Yellowstone will erupt in the next 5 years kek willing
Jaxson Bailey
There's only one way to guarantee your survival.
Justin Collins
good luck yellowstone-chan
Nolan Powell
That's such a vague prediction. Earthquakes were probably scary back then with shit infrastructure, probably destroyed entire villages. "A big one, or lots of them would end the world!".
Jace Rodriguez
No we're all gonna die here. There won't be any unrest, we all just die horribly from the plebeian knowledge normies have of volcanic ash. 1 meter of ash is 10-50X the density of snow. The roof of your house will collapse and crush you if you don't go outside and shovel your roof
Hudson Hall
Good luck Yellowstone-Chan!
Jose Cruz
>>Barely affected in NY. Where would all you gay NY'rs get your food is the corn belt is buried in ash?
Jeremiah Hill
Good luck yellowstone-chan
Thomas Hill
I forgot to mention, going outside will kill you horribly as well. Without proper equipment your eyes will start bleeding first until you begin drowning in your own blood. The amount of volcanic hair (thin invisible fiberglass) ejected will fuck everyone's day up. It's also a bitch to remove without a doctor
Benjamin Edwards
>what are slanted roofs >what are high-quality respirators
Jackson Smith
>breathing in volcanic glass Thanks that sounds fucking horrific
Isaac Russell
>slanted roof Will mostly help >respirators How many fuckers own respirators though? I'm going to just assume 99% of people won't have one
Jaxon Green
GOOD LUCK YELLOWSTONE - CHAN!
Benjamin Gutierrez
muhhhh yellowstone!!!
face it, retards, its not happening
Leo Hughes
>How many fuckers own respirators though? Most people I know have a small bugout bag for tornadoes and the like so a lot of people here have at least a cheap 3M one.
Jason Ortiz
and I expect more people will get them if things ever get weird in yellowstone, there are going to be huge warning signs that aren't just earthquake swarms before it goes.
I wager San An or Cascadia will cause a major happening before yellowstone erupts.
Joshua Evans
I spent the whole weekend in the park, it's not happening yet fags. Animals weren't heading for the hills, didn't feel any earfquakes.
Hunter King
i'll survive long enough to watch everyone die around me. what a great day that will be.
Ryder Clark
Please tell me California isn't relatively safe from this?
Luke Morales
The possibility of yellowstone erupting scares the shit out of me.
haven't we tried somehow to relieve the pressure?
Luke Wright
Did fucking any of you even read the OP?
swear to god 95% of Sup Forums is under 20
Christian Thompson
No one is safe from this.
Caleb Bailey
Oh thank goodness
Cooper Smith
I LOVE YOU YELLOWSTONE-CHAN!
Kayden Harris
Will I have to move to leafland, assuming this isn't a hoax/nonsense?
Eli Jenkins
>lots of people own the cheap 3M ones Those will probably be enough for everyone but user asked about Denver region and you're gonna need the primo ones. The sulfur dioxide concentrations in that region would pass any semblance of healthy levels. It's hard to say if they'd be outright lethal
Henry Carter
That car is owned by a black guy FYI
Jackson Sullivan
Thank god the US has free health care to take care of all the ash induced cancer and breathing problems Oh... Wait...
Carter Adams
Wake up Yellowstone Wake up Yellowstone Wake up Yellowstone
Hunter Perez
I've thought about this, and I think that would be counter productive. it would lead to a weakening of the shell above the volcano, which from what I understand, would lead to a less catastrophic eruption, would make it more likely.the best bet would actually be to slant drill from a hundred miles away, blowing out chambers to absorb the pressure when the drill finally hits a magma chamber.
Carson Cruz
I love you Yellowstone chan
Dylan Scott
I am sorrounded by FAT people, with supplies, either way I won't starve
Jeremiah Wood
the fact that picture was taken in central florida makes me so happy
Nolan Rodriguez
Yellowstone Eruption Around september 2019
Kayden Perry
It's politically incorrect to speculate on a supervolcano eruption and the possible consequences.
Volcanoes are the most powerful thing in this wolrd; benefactors of fertile lands.
Jace Collins
Blood of the asian tourists is the only way to appease the Yellowstone. Let us pray for a summer of too-close bison selfies and geyser pool slips.
Brayden Sanchez
unfortunatly
Kevin Russell
Let's see what digitz tell.
If singlez we're still in Green mode.
Nolan Ward
Rolling
Lucas Hernandez
Good Luck Yellowstone Chan!
Thomas Fisher
>tfw los angeles fag Eh could be worse, I can do 10 mm of ash
Leo Murphy
Kek says death
Brandon Green
Tampa user reporting. I see this car at least twice a week. Owned by a black guy. His kids go to the same high school I just graduated from.
Noah Reed
Is there a version of this map with Canada? I'm in northern Alberta and can't quite tell how fucked I am.
Aiden Stewart
East TN light yellow master race reporting. Looking forward to having winters again.
Luke Wood
I fucking hate you weebs
Samuel Cox
thicccccccccccccccccccc
James Roberts
VIDF
I bet you're volcanoes.
Connor Reed
shut up geo cuck
Benjamin Bell
it will eventually end life as we know it all over the world, so none of us are actually safe. it would be some extinction level/snowpiercer/the road type of shit. that caldera ended up being extraordinarily larger than what geologists thought. but then again, who the fuck am i, i'm just regurgitating all the bullshit i read. i don't know who to trust anymore. i do know one thing though, i secretly want to live in a post-apocalyptic or dystopian blade runner future
Cameron Rodriguez
a fellow burger who didn't make us look bad today. must've went to a private school
Leo Bailey
i'll be checking all the abandoned/dead people's homes for opioids because i'm going to die having all those microscopic shards in my lungs. volcanic ash is basically obsidian knives. might as well go comfortably instead of living for months or years in agony, no family, or having the burden of putting myself or my surviving family on my back
Connor Lewis
Put on some gas mask dude!!!!! You have to change the filter once in a while but as long as you wear it youre good!
Hudson Gomez
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Daniel Flores
Do you have the next frame in the series?
Asking for a friend....
Jordan Sanchez
fucking lol
Nathan Garcia
god i pray it erupts and ends us all, fuck this country and fuck the white race
Tyler Jones
Have the fish left the lakes yet
Jacob Gomez
>why can't I just live without being reminded some people don't care about me Because nobody on the fucking planet should ever think everyone cares about them nigger >I'm lucky my kid can't read yet No you're not, most niggers don't ever learn how to read >learn about and challenge racism Or get the fuck out of places where you're not wanted REEEEEEEEEEEEE
Angel Barnes
And once the ash settles, it will make very fertile soil. Just gotta hold out till then.