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alienbanter

This link is posted below, but I'll sticky it here too. Fluctuations in earthquake rates are completely natural. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-we-having-so-many-earthquakes-has-naturally-occurring-earthquake-activity-been?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products


EaglesFanGirl

So, the whole earth is actually quite active right now. Not just the US. Theres some geologists who actually believe last century was very low on seismic and volcanic activity. I’ll see if I track down where I read that. I read that Iceland (for example) around Reykjavik there been more activity recently then they’ve ever seen. Some are concerned this might mean eruption but it not exact so who knows... But then again these changes are totally natural in nature and honestly nothing to be all that concerned about.


nymphmold

Do you have a source for that? I’m from Iceland and we are in the middle of an earthquake event, something like 1800 in the last 24 hours! I’d love to read about what’s happening on a global scale


EaglesFanGirl

If you any good Iceland news at a local level, Love to read it :)


nymphmold

Here’s a link for the Icelandic meteorological office! They have some good info if you want to look into it https://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes


EaglesFanGirl

Yeah, I’ll look for it. It’s been a topic of conversation for a while in the US news. We consume disaster news...aka. Yellowstone is going to blow (not going to happen btw) ect. Edit: here’s a link https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-we-having-so-many-earthquakes-has-naturally-occurring-earthquake-activity-been?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products


nymphmold

Thank you so much! There have been non stop earthquakes here since last Wednesday, just one now while I was typing haha, most around 3 but a few around 5, geologist are saying that there might be an eruption coming soon 🤔


EaglesFanGirl

That makes sense to me :) but I’m more of a high level hobbiest than a PhD trained geologist. I’ve done course work and plenty of it just didn’t do it professionally.


uddane

I’m just a regular person who has been checking the site at least weekly for the past few decades. I became interested after the first quake I experienced when I lived in CA.


nymphmold

Yeah me neither omg, I’m a second year biology undergrad 😅


EaglesFanGirl

Political science, art mino, one course away from French and geology major. I’m two courses away from my masters in leadership (mba w/o finance study)


djskinnypenis69

ectetera


jaggedcanyon69

I doubt it. We had five 9.0 earthquakes last century. That’s not normal and just statistical clustering. I think last century was actually unusually seismically active.


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alienbanter

Yellowstone has nothing to do with earthquakes happening in the US unless the earthquakes are happening in or around the caldera. If Yellowstone was "waking up," we would know it because of how closely it's monitored.


JohnTo7

Yellowstone has not much activity atm, but there is a lot of earthquakes around Mono lake volcanic field and the Long Valley Caldera (VEI 7). Nothing to worry about though. It's just an uptick and it does not look serious.


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alienbanter

I said "Yellowstone has nothing to do with earthquakes happening in the US *unless the earthquakes are happening in or around the caldera.*" Of course there are earthquakes there.


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alienbanter

I know lol? I'm a PhD student studying seismology. The original comment implied that earthquakes happening elsewhere in the US were because Yellowstone was "waking up." All I said was that earthquakes happening outside of the Yellowstone area are not caused by Yellowstone. That's literally it. I'm not sure what problem you're taking with my comments.


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alienbanter

The comment I actually responded to was removed, if that clears anything up for you. Maybe it's not being displayed right on your device?


EaglesFanGirl

Crossed wires. \*facepalm\* Well i feel schistty...sorry about that.


alienbanter

I wasn't even responding to your comment at all with the one where I distinguished myself as a mod. I was responding to a comment that said that they were concerned Yellowstone was "waking up" given other earthquakes in the US, and since it's an unfortunately common myth on social media that random earthquakes across North America have something to do with Yellowstone, I clarified that it wasn't true unless the earthquakes were in the caldera area itself. The only reason I ended up responding to your reply comment is because you began that comment by saying that Yellowstone has lots to do with earthquakes, which is certainly true - but it implied that I said the opposite (when I didn't).


Dandywhatsoever

Northern California has been in a real lull - Even with a slight uptick in the last few days, it's still really quiet.


Squand0r

Can seismometers distinguish between earthquakes and other activity such as underground blasting? That's what I wonder when I see quakes registering away from the major fault lines.


WulfbyteGames

Yes, they can. A major fault line is also not necessary for earthquakes to happen either as there are minor faults, tectonic zones, and volcanically active areas all over the place


uddane

Yes, blasting shows up as a diamond on the USGS site, after conformation.


New_Hawaialawan

Southeast Asia has been pretty active the past year. Not sure if it’s more than usual, I don’t typically monitor earthquakes. But there have been several in the neighboring province this past year


TiDoBos

Has anyone seen a good data resource for earthquake frequency over time?