Unusually big Eruptions in Yellowstone National Park!
Unusually big eruptions happening at the Yellowstone National Park as State of California measures multiple earthquakes in just one day. Is California at risk of a big earthquake once again and could mega volcano at Yellowstone National park erupt? Is Yellowstone eruption related to California Earthquakes?
Visitors witnessed the catastrophic eruption of a thermal feature in Yellowstone National Park today, destroying a boardwalk and sending tourists running for cover from a blast of boulders, mud, and dark water.
At 9:45 a.m., the park’s Black Diamond Pool exploded, hurling copious amounts of black water onto a neighbouring boardwalk, damaging it, and sending visitors running for cover.
A National Park Service radio message that GeyserTimes obtained described the incident as a “large explosion” with “lots of debris (and) no injuries.”
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The Yellowstone National Park eruption happened just after a turbulent day of earthquakes in California. 9 kilometres from Redondo Beach, CA, USA on Jul 21, 6:09 p.m earthquake sized at 3.6 Magnitude has hit the region. During previous day, on 20.July. 2 earthquakes have hit the region of Incline Village, Nevada with 2.9 and 3.3 Magnitude.
During previous days, California has seen numerous smaller earthquakes! On 19.July. earthquake of 3.1 Magnitude has shaken the soil of Brooktrails, San Jose was hit on 18.July with 3.3 Magnitude, and multiple earthquakes have hit California during 17. July anywhere from 2.8 to 3.5 Magnitude!
Are the series of earthquakes in California and Nevada related to today’s Yellowstone eruption? There have been no official information released claiming this to be related, but we haven’t hear any reports denying this possible relation.
What would happen if Super Vulcano at Yellowstone erupts?
Worldwide repercussions would result from another massive eruption at Yellowstone that forms calderas. The short-term (years to decades) global climate changes and falling ash would be two regional repercussions of such a massive eruption. Pyroclastic flows would harm the areas of the neighbouring states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming that are closest to Yellowstone, while falling ash would effect other parts of the country (the amount of ash would decrease with distance from the eruption site). These eruptions typically result in the formation of calderas, which are large volcanic depressions caused by the collapse of the ground surface due to the partial withdrawal of molten rock (magma) below.
Yellowstone has two magma bodies underneath it. The shallower one is 90 km (55 mi) long and 40 km (25 mi) wide, and it is made of rhyolite, a high-silica rock type. It extends from 5 km to roughly 17 km (3 to 10 mi) below the surface. There is barely 5–15% melt in the chamber, which is primarily solid. The lower reservoir lies 20 to 50 km (12 to 30 mi) below the surface and is made of basalt, a low-silica rock type. Approximately 2% of the melt is present in the deeper chamber, despite its size being approximately 4.5 times bigger than the shallow chamber.
Over the past 25 years, a great deal of progress has been made in the science of predicting volcanic eruptions. The majority of scientists believe that there would be a buildup for weeks, maybe months or even years, before a catastrophic eruption. Strong earthquake swarms and fast ground deformation are common precursors to volcanic eruptions, and they usually occur days or weeks before an actual eruption.
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Could California be hit with another big Earthquake?
The best estimate indicates that earthquakes of the 1906 kind occur around every 200 years, based on models that account for the long-term rate of slip on the San Andreas fault and the amount of offset that happened on the fault in that year.
According to the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities assessment, there is only a minuscule probability (about 2 percent) that such an earthquake might occur in the next 30 years due to the time needed to collect slip equal to a 20-foot offset. From Northern California to Vancouver Island, the Cascadia region is roughly 1,000 kilometres long and has the potential to produce earthquakes as strong as magnitude 9, particularly in its northernmost region.
Scientists claim to be aware that the “Big One” is on the horizon, but when will it occur? According to scientists, determining the exact timing of a mega earthquake is a matter of probability.
We can only see the patterns that are concerning. Unusual Yellowstone eruption is very concerning and multiple Earthquakes along the Cascadia region do not showcase a smooth sailing, yet to connect Yellowstone eruption to California earthquakes is still too early to say.
