YELLOWSTONE UPDATES (2014) : ... Strange things happening @ Yellowstone...

so,

no one is willing to explain the 09:27 UTC quake

how about the 19:22 harmonic tremor

[link to quake.utah.edu]

the higher the helicorder setting the more can be learned

Madison River records bison farts

[link to quake.utah.edu]

E.M.

do you think that an EQ event at 09:27 was recorded in the Park?

what is the trace at 19:22?

[link to quake.utah.edu]

I heard that nothing of any consequence happened today.
and
Nothing of any consequence has happened for the past 100 to 500 thousand years.

battery dying...brb

this is a great calibration day

was there an EQ at Yellowstone today?

yes.

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

is it recorded?

yes.

[link to quake.utah.edu]

was another EQ recorded today at Yellowstone

yes.

[link to quake.utah.edu]

what is the difference

both are classic EQ signatures

YNR does the best today at recording 2 EQ's

one at 09:27 UTC

and one at 10:04 UTC

also recorded a classic harmonic tremor at 19:21 UTC

no "POPS" recorded

Dank Veilen Dank! The one you share is much much better! I appreciate you!

E.M.

beginning to think that it isn't Magma moving,

but instead Melt moving?

NRWY's rapid deflation

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

sorry

RAW Data

5/2/14

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Watched it 3 times...
what?

Where?

Time on video?

Im not seeing it.

Look at the foreground and don't blink, the movement is that fast. It starts at about 1:20 and happens more than once. You see it shift up and then shift back down. It's not a slow continual rise but rather incidents of up and down.

recharging

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Have I missed something, it seems to me that the live cam hasn't panned around at all for quite some time...

Okay.

So, the 9:27 quake was felt stronger at Madison River [link to www.seis.utah.edu] which has been very active.

I tried to find the link to an article I read today about magma types, and Madison River was noted. I thought I bookmarked it.

I looked through the park and found no other trace quite so large, yet, have not looked outside the park as yet.

I suspect whatever happened, happened nearby, and since it had no precursor, I venture to say it was an EQ.

Any signature like that should be an EQ.

As for 19:22. -and all of the other similar waves- I believe those are classified as 'spasmodic bursts'.

They start small, build up to an explosive type of event, then slowly fade away...sometimes continuing longer than the beginning. I have read many different explanations for these bursts, but they all involve the flow of magma which are laden with gas.

One of the reports I read explained the release of gasses from the magma once the pressures upon it have abated, allowing the gasses to seep out. And, I have read about larger channels where the magma is not completely filling the chamber, so gasses accumulate.

In super-heated environments, the accumulated gasses with burst/explode.

If you look at 11:12, this may actually appear to have an echo effect, meaning, rumble, quake, wane, what looks like another quake, and fade out. Yet, could this mean an event, such as the dislocation of rock or heavy debris, first cracking, then breaking off, as magma is passing through in a narrow passage?

If you look at 14:37, that possibly looks like to discharges of gas, pause, and echo before fade out.

Article with some examples: [link to pubs.usgs.gov]


here are some patterns, which do not all agree:
[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov]
[link to lasinkhole.files.wordpress.com]
[link to lasinkhole.files.wordpress.com]
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]
[link to drrajivdesaimd.com]
rockfall [link to blogs.ei.columbia.edu] from this article: [link to blogs.ei.columbia.edu]
[link to earthsci.org]
[link to akafka.files.wordpress.com]


This article speaks of traces from 'large shallow distant earthquakes' which resemble the 'small shallow close earthquakes' we are seeing at the Park. I have added it because it does show some of the odd surface waves we've been scratching our heads about: [link to topex.ucsd.edu]

awesome,

[link to pbo.unavco.org]

This is all because Dillon, Montana and that general vicinity are going to be where the new caldera forms.

take a look at the spectrogram,

Major Event prior to 08:00 UTC

And another night sets on Ole Faithful...

E.M.

I think the trace at 19:22 UTC shows magma movement

[link to quake.utah.edu]

I concur.

Madison River recorded it =and all other events- larger, except the one 19:20: [link to www.seis.utah.edu]

The event at 19:20 recorded earlier at Norris, but appears to have occurred somewhere else.

It was recorded more as a tremor at Grizzly Lake, Utah [link to www.quake.utah.edu]

The only Earthquakes recorded anywhere else close to that time are these:

Mag 0.3 - 6km SSE of Ahtanum, Washington
2014-05-02 19:19:38 UTC
46.506°N 120.587°W
Depth 16.6km
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

How it would have been felt in the Park seems odd.

That was a VERY MINOR Quake, as are the next two.

Mag 1.3 - 10km E of Temecula, California
2014-05-02 19:17:37 UTC
Depth 16.4 km
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Mag 1.2 - 52km ENE of Healy, Alaska
2014-05-02 19:13:35 UTC
Depth 38.5 km
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]


THIS WAS THE EVENT REGISTERED IN THE PARK AT 19:20

Mag 5.2 - 29 km SE of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico
2014-05-02 19:08:23 UTC
Depth 150.8 km
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

It was rather strong, and far away and deep enough to take some twelve minutes to arrive...which is somewhat long, but I'd have to study it.

That's exactly what I said.

EQ at 09:27 UTC and 19:22 UTC trace at YNE,

[link to quake.utah.edu]

compared to

MCID 09:27 UTC and 19:22 UTC

[link to quake.utah.edu]

complete opposite sides of the Park

neither recorded the 1.1M at 10:03

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

so what did they record?

Just something possibly silly, but look at this data:
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

It pretty much looks like a circle up there in the NW, with an extension to the NE pushing against it.

It's the only place in the world with such a regional circle. I wonder how that translates deep inside the Earth, where everything is so much closer.


And the southern part of Alaska looks like it's soon to break apart.


EDIT:

When I just expanded the Map, I then saw it was not just the NW.

Last Edited by esotericMorgan on 05/03/2014 12:04 AM

awesome,

[link to pbo.unavco.org]

really awesome

[link to pbo.unavco.org]

CH 1 recording the same on spectrogram

[link to pbo.unavco.org]

as YLA was on seismo

[link to quake.utah.edu]

again a lot of activity prior to 08:00 on the spectrogram

[link to pbo.unavco.org]

magma recharge at the lake