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UUSS Picks Up Nearly 1,600 Events in Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) continues to monitor this year’s Yellowstone earthquake swarm, registering nearly 1,600 events so far.

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Over 460 Earthquakes Registered in Yellowstone This Year

Yellowstone National Park South Entrance, Yellowstone visitation

There have been more than 460 earthquakes in and around Yellowstone National Park, according to seismologists at the University of Utah.

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Yellowstone Norris Geyser Basin: After Activity, All is Quiet

Steamboat Geyser in steam phase, September 2014

One nugget to come out of a conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem last week: movement of the Yellowstone Norris Geyser Basin had been measured by sensors to be moving southeast and upward, but the activity ceased after an April 2014 earthquake.

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Yellowstone Earthquake Risk: Slightly Higher, But Nothing’s Imminent

U.S. Geological Survey map

The caller from a Florida area code had a concern: He was calling Yellowstone Insider offices because he had read on the Internet the Yellowstone National Park volcano was going to blow and wanted to know if there was a date set yet for the event — he didn’t want to head out on vacation if the volcano had already …

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Earthquakes Hit Yellowstone; Felt in Gateway Communities

Yellowstone earthquakes

A series of earthquakes hit Yellowstone National Park early this morning, including several 3+ quakes and a 4.8-intensity earthquake felt in West Yellowstone and Gardiner.

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Rumblings on the Edge of Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone SignA year since a swarm of earthquakes hit an area right outside Yellowstone National Park, sensors have detected a series of small (under 1.7 on the Richter scale) micro earthquakes in roughly the same area over the last week. Is this just a burp, foretelling of another swarm, or more?

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