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There’s rarely a quiet moment in Yellowstone. With constantly shifting geology and ever-bubbling hot springs, this sprawling ...
Officials at Yellowstone National Park are shutting down rumors circulating on social media about wildlife leaving the park due to potential volcanic eruptions. Claims about animals ...
Yellowstone National Park, renowned for its geothermal features and volcanic history, is beginning to show signs of renewed ...
Beneath Yellowstone’s stunning surface lies a hyperactive seismic world, now better understood thanks to machine learning.
Yellowstone, a popular tourist destination and namesake of an equally popular TV show, was the first-ever national park in ...
Viral social media claims of an imminent Yellowstone supervolcano eruption, triggered by a misleading bear video, have been ...
Yellowstone experiences thousands of earthquakes a year. Although we might not feel them, scientists at neighboring locations are monitoring and keeping track of each one. “Western Montana ...
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory released a video this week of Mike Poland, scientist-in-charge, explaining a swarm of earthquakes in September. Poland noted there were about 125 earthquakes within ...
In terms of earthquake activity in the Yellowstone region, it is typical for the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory to state that the area experiences 1,500–2,500 earthquakes per year.
Yellowstone had a "doozy" of a month for earthquakes in July, with the region experiencing the most tremors since June 2017, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
An ongoing earthquake swarm at Yellowstone volcano is now one of the biggest ever recorded, with over 2,300 tremors since it began in June. As of August 30, 2,357 earthquakes had been recorded.