The 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit near the 150,000-year-old Norris Geyser Basin, home to the famous Steamboat Geyser and ...
Scientists have assessed Yellowstone's chances of eruption by measuring electronic currents flowing deep within the Earth ...
Yellowstone National Park's oldest and hottest geothermal area is the Norris Geyser Basin. This region also boasts the ...
Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt ...
Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano in Alaska has a 50-50 chance of erupting in the near future, according to the USGS, ...
Yellowstone National Park, the oldest national park in the USA and home to some of the most unique geological features on earth, was just shaken up by a minor earthquake on Tuesday night. According to ...
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on January 28 at about 6:00 p.m.
Yellowstone's volcanic activity is waking up after 160,000 years. Learn how scientists are monitoring and preparing for ...
Yellowstone National Park is no stranger to seismic activity, as it experiences between 1,500 to 2,500 minor earthquakes each year. In fact, according to the USGS website, since 1973, Yellowstone ...
Earthquakes of this size aren't unusual for Yellowstone, due to its proximity to the Intermountain Seismic Belt, a region of high seismic activity. "The earthquake is typical of the Yellowstone ...
with frequent disturbances from seismic activity and water fluctuations. The area was named after Philetus W. Norris, the second superintendent of Yellowstone, who provided the first detailed ...