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| Above, the Clepsydra Geyser. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The last volcanic eruption at Yellowstone National Park was likely about 70,000 years ago. But recent seismic activity in the park has people keeping watch.
According to The Epoch Times:
A cluster of earthquakes at the Yellowstone Park volcano is the most active it’s been in recent history. The earthquake count is up to 2,357 since June. The largest was a magnitude 4.4. The majority of the earthquakes were magnitudes of 0 or 1, as Newsweek reported.
Swarms of earthquakes do not necessarily reflect a forthcoming eruption. Yellowstone hosts thousands of earthquakes a year. The type of earthquake swarms that are occurring at Yellowstone are different from a regular earthquake, that indeed may signal an approaching eruption.
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