Coul these small quakes at Yellowstone be a sign of the super volcano eruption?

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: Sawyer

Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.

The volcano erupted 70,000 years ago, but that was only some volcanic activity, it wasn't the caldera going off. When the caldera lets go it will be really serious. Think of Mt St Helens as a firecracker and the Yellowstone caldera will be a nuclear bomb in comparison. When it does explode billions will die. Not millions, billions. When Toba went off 75,000 years ago it supposedly reduced human population from 60 million to a couple of thousand and very nearly wiped out the human species. The super eruptions are much further apart than the normal eruptions, they only happen about once every 640,000 years. Guess how long it's been since the last one. Ding Ding Ding! If you said 640,000 years you're a winner.

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: Sawyer

Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.

The volcano erupted 70,000 years ago, but that was only some volcanic activity, it wasn't the caldera going off. When the caldera lets go it will be really serious. Think of Mt St Helens as a firecracker and the Yellowstone caldera will be a nuclear bomb in comparison. When it does explode billions will die. Not millions, billions. When Toba went off 75,000 years ago it supposedly reduced human population from 60 million to a couple of thousand and very nearly wiped out the human species. The super eruptions are much further apart than the normal eruptions, they only happen about once every 640,000 years. Guess how long it's been since the last one. Ding Ding Ding! If you said 640,000 years you're a winner.

It will be 911 times 2356!

 

[Jeff7]

The article has changed, apparently:

Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 700,000 years ago.

Now 700,000 years, not 70,000.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Shit, I need a dirt bike for the coming post apocalyptic world

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Shit, I need a dirt bike for the coming post apocalyptic world

Get your zombie kit ready as well.

You know, just in case.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
I feel fine

I lolled.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

This could cause a civil war in america!

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Shit, I need a dirt bike for the coming post apocalyptic world

Get your zombie kit ready as well.

You know, just in case.

and one of these for the coming nuclear winter

 

[NeoV]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqc...Maps/10/250_45_eqs.php

Average depth is getting closer to the surface

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Well all you people living out west will be buried under lava and ash, so I'm not sure what the preparation is for... We just did this in science class

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: shinerburke

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Shit, I need a dirt bike for the coming post apocalyptic world

Get your zombie kit ready as well.

You know, just in case.

and one of these for the coming nuclear winter

Sweet, it'll compliment my fake latex face that's all fucked up from the fallout after the nukes fly.

Text

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: NeoV
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqc...Maps/10/250_45_eqs.php

Average depth is getting closer to the surface

Is that bad? It seems bad.

 

[spaceman]

LAVOS! we are FUCKED!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: NeoV
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqc...Maps/10/250_45_eqs.php

Average depth is getting closer to the surface

Hmm, well deary me.....I don't suppose they have any ideas as to when something might happen?

 

[scott916]

Originally posted by: spaceman
LAVOS! we are FUCKED!

:laugh:

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I was under the impression that a bunch of small quakes is a good thing...you know, releasing pressure and all that.

Unless it's a swarm in the middle of a supervolcano's old caldera where the ground has been recorded to be rising. I'm sure the USGS is a little concerned that it's being caused by signifigant amounts of magma moving to the surface.

Yeah...I guess they'd know better than me.

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: scott916

Originally posted by: spaceman
LAVOS! we are FUCKED!

:laugh:

But... the future refused to change

SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

 

[conehead433]

A lot of you will die. You will be missed.

 

[Ramma2]

Saw this on Gaf, figured it applies here.

http://img.qj.net/uploads/arti...olcano_qjpreviewth.gif

 

[shiner]

Are we dead yet? Cause if not I really gotta pee.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
Are we dead yet? Cause if not I really gotta pee.

In case we die before I get another time to say this....

I <3 your sig

 

[DrPizza]

A lot of energy there. Too bad we can't somehow harness that energy for our own use - slowly dissipate the energy, or at least keep it from building to a critical level.

 

[Jeff7]

There was one in Pennsylvania a few days ago, too.

Magnitude 3.4.

 

[BoomerD]

Damn...George Bush is gonna get his revenge after all...

 

[LS21]

if the small quakes stop then youve got a problem...