 January 2020 was one of the most mediocre and boring months for activity at Yellowstone. However, once February hit, microquake swarms started to increase around the infamous national park, including the caldera itself as well, and even a couple rapid-fire swarms like those we witnessed in 2018 (CLICK HERE for my page about the 2018 rapid-fire swarms at Yellowstone). This post is made to keep track of these earthquake swarms with brief information and seismic plots.
This post will continue to be updated as activity progresses through the month of February 2020. Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...
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 Yellowstone has been fairly quiet in past months. However, there were 2 minor rapid-fire swarms in November 2019 along with a strange event I cannot wrap my head around. Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...
 PB_B944_--_EHZ As expected, another rapid-fire swarm broke out virtually in the same location as the August 29, 2019 earthquake swarm. This swarm, the most recent on August 31, was about half of the strength and size as the August 29, 2019 swarm. In this post I will show the usual seismic plots and seismic audio. Could more swarms be on the way? It is possible, but I think the seismicity is calming down for now. However, those have been some famous last words for people in the past (including myself)!
Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...  In the afternoon/evening of August 29, 2019, the strongest rapid-fire swarm to strike Yellowstone since late-2018 occurred. It was a typical strong rapid-fire swarm which struck along the East Mount Sheridan fault system.
The characteristics of this swarm are indicative of some type of magmatic fluid migration, likely hydrothermal fluids which do commonly transport up towards the surface. I will show the usual seismic plots and seismic audio to this earthquake swarm. Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...  For about 12 hours or so on July 23, 2019, a moderate swarm broke out to the east of the Lower Geyser Basin area at Yellowstone National Park. In this post I will show the usual seismic data and audio pertaining to this earthquake swarm. I will also show this swarm did not occur on any particular fault structure, so it is likely this was a fluid-driven earthquake swarm (as are many swarms at Yellowstone due to the large hydrothermal system underlying the surface). Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...
 Spectrogram plots showing the entire swarm from the closest seismic station, B208. In this post I will show the usual seismic data and seismic audio pertaining to the small rapid-fire swarm at Yellowstone Lake on July 6, 2019. Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...
 On June 19, 2019, two small earthquake swarms struck Yellowstone Caldera. One struck south of West Thumb Lake and another swarm, albeit far smaller, struck somewhere along the southeastern shores of Yellowstone Lake, near station YTP. I will simply show some plots and seismic audio pertaining to these events. If you wish to continue, please click the title of this post or "read more"...
 Spectrogram plots of the minor rapid-fire swarm at Yellowstone Lake on June 15, 2019. A very minor rapid-fire swarm struck somewhere under the northern tip of Yellowstone Lake on June 15, 2019. To see this post, please click the title or "read more" to continue...
 Spectrogram plots detailing most of the June 12 rapid fire swarm (in order of time in UTC). On June 12, 2019 a rapid-fire earthquake swarm struck in a linear pattern just south of West Thumb Lake. This is the largest rapid fire swarm to strike Yellowstone Caldera for the past few months. These types of events used to be somewhat rare, but have been increasing ever since 2017-2018. Many of these swarms are small, but some can reach many hundreds of events within a short time period. This post is the analysis page for this earthquake swarm. This post also contains seismic audio. Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...
 A minor rapid-fire swarm was detected on May 28, 2019 at West Thumb Lake and Yellowstone Lake. I will detail that swarm here. Please click the title of this post or "read more" to continue...
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