Scientists say this is the best-recorded earthquake swarm to hit Yellowstone and the team is now analyzing the data from it.
The September 10 event was a natural earthquake swarm recorded with some of the 600-plus seismic stations deployed across the park. According to the University of Utah, which tracks seismic activity in the park, the swarm included two earthquakes on September 9 and 95 earthquakes on September 10. Magnitudes ranged from -0.1 to 2.8.
Michael Poland, the scientist-in-charge at the YVO, told McClatchy News that although the swarm was on the"large side" it was nowhere near the biggest earthquake swarm to hit Yellowstone.Poland told Newsweek the swarm appears to be associated with fault movement perhaps helped by hydrothermal fluids moving around the subsurface."That is a common cause for many—perhaps most—Yellowstone earthquake swarms," he said in an email.
The September 10 recording happened during a major seismic experiment being conducted by researchers at the University of Utah and the University of New Mexico. At the end of August the team deployed hundreds of small seismometers around the park. They then generated synthetic earthquakes by shaking the ground with low-frequency waves using specialized trucks.
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