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Subject USGS responds to Yellowstone earthquake warning.

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(Newsroom America) -- The USGS says a story circulating across the Internet over the past few days reporting abnormally strong earthquake activity in Yellowstone National Park is wrong.
It says earthquake activity in Yellowstone has been at normal levels for the past several months.
The story appears to be based on a misinterpretation of public "webicorders", which are graphics depicting seismic data, on the University of Utah Seismographic Station (UUSS) web site (UU operates the Yellowstone Seismic Network).
A borehole seismometer called "B944", located near the West Thumb region of the Park, has been malfunctioning in recent weeks with strong bursts of electronic noise contaminating its data.
"These noise bursts appear as wild excursions on the B944 webicorders that can appear alarming to the inexperienced eye," said the USGS.

http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/406830/earthquake_activity_at_yellowstone_national_park_not_unusual_usgs.html
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Original Message (Newsroom America) -- The USGS says a story circulating across the Internet over the past few days reporting abnormally strong earthquake activity in Yellowstone National Park is wrong.
It says earthquake activity in Yellowstone has been at normal levels for the past several months.
The story appears to be based on a misinterpretation of public "webicorders", which are graphics depicting seismic data, on the University of Utah Seismographic Station (UUSS) web site (UU operates the Yellowstone Seismic Network).
A borehole seismometer called "B944", located near the West Thumb region of the Park, has been malfunctioning in recent weeks with strong bursts of electronic noise contaminating its data.
"These noise bursts appear as wild excursions on the B944 webicorders that can appear alarming to the inexperienced eye," said the USGS.

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