Earth Quakes

[Pat McCotter]

A 6.1 quake in Haiti at 6:00 this AM.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I guess we missed Venezuela with our Earthquake Bomb.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305356,bolivia-costa-rica-hit-by-strong-earthquakes.html


Washington - Bolivia and Costa Rica were struck by strong earthquakes with magnitudes of up to 5.3 on the Richter scale on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported. Bolivia was hit by two quakes within an hour, one with a magnitude 5.3 and other 5.2, the Virginia-based earthquake monitoring centre reported.

The border region of Costa Rica and Panama experienced two quakes in the same time period, one a magnitude of 5.2 and the other 4.7.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12 registered 7.0 on the Richter scale.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Was it an earthquake or volcano in Yellowstone that took out the world in that TV movie.............or, was it Yosemite?


Earthquake swarm continues in Yellowstone
Jan 29 10 - 12:13 PM
A minor earthquake was felt January 21 in Yellowstone National Park. It was a continuation of the earthquake swarm that started January 17. No injuries or damage were reported.

The event brought the total number of earthquakes felt to nine, and the seismic activity was ongoing as of 8 a.m. Jan. 22, according to information received by the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS).

The Jan. 21 earthquake occurred at 9:09 p.m. approximately 10 miles southeast of West Yellowstone, Montana, and 19 miles east-northeast of Island Park, Idaho.

The magnitude 3.0, intensity II earthquake occurred 5.7 miles below the surface, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) in Golden, Colo.

The U of U Seismograph Stations (UUSS) reports that there have been more than 900 earthquakes in the swarm, ranging from magnitude 0.5 to 3.8. There have been multiple personal reports of ground shaking from observations inside the park and in surrounding areas for some of the larger events.

UUSS reports that the swarm is likely the result of slip on pre-existing faults rather than underground movement of magma.

An earthquake swarm is a collection of small earthquakes that happen in the same general area and time. Earthquake swarms in Yellowstone do not normally indicate that large, damaging earthquakes are imminent.

The strength of an earthquake at its epicenter is called its magnitude, as measured on the Richter scale. Minor earthquakes – those between magnitude 3 and 3.9 – do not cause structural damage.

The effect of an earthquake on the surface is called its intensity, as measured on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. Intensities range from I (imperceptible shaking) to XII (catastrophic destruction).

The WSGS has compiled seismological characterizations of all Wyoming counties, which include analyses of historic seismicity. See http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/wsgs/hazards/quakes/seischar/seischar.html for more information.

[Pat K]

It was Yellowstone.

This guy seems a little excited.
http://www.earthmountainview.com/yellowstone/yellowstone.htm

[Lloyd Danforth]

I knew one of the Pats would have the answer.

[Pat McCotter]

So I'll chime in with a link to discovery.com.
America's Explosive Park

[Pat McCotter]

From page 2 of that link:

Volcanologists with the U.S. Geological Survey believe that supervolcanoes are likely to give decades — even centuries — of warning signs before they erupt. The scientists think those signs would include lots of earthquakes, massive bulging of the land, an increase in small eruptions, "swarms" of earthquakes in specific areas, changes in the chemical composition of lavas from smaller eruptions, changes in gasses escaping the ground and, possibly, large-scale cracking of the land.

None of those indicators are present at Yellowstone, says Smith.

[Tom Sawyer]

It was Yellowstone.

This guy seems a little excited.
http://www.earthmountainview.com/yellowstone/yellowstone.htm

Well that guy has the answer... he has dreams as his proof. 

Of course if that feaking volcano blows... well... that would blow. 

[Lloyd Danforth]

And, really, really, suck, badly at the same time!

I hear that Old Faithful is spewing rainbow colored steam!

[Jim Johnson]

The list of things that both blow and suck keeps getting longer.

[Raineyrocks]

The list of things that both blow and suck keeps getting longer.

[Lloyd Danforth]

The list of things that both blow and suck keeps getting longer.

It's the Era of Contradictions.

[dalebert]

The list of things that both blow and suck keeps getting longer.

Why do all the trees in Georgia lean to the West?

Because South Carolina blows and Alabama sucks.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Connecticut is 'hard' all the time due to the same problem with Rhode Island and New York.

[Lloyd Danforth]

At 6am this morning, here in G, someone told me that this was going to happen.

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Earthquake-Hits-Off-NorCal-Coast-83575652.html