(April 9, 2014 at 4:34 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: Will it happen in our lifetime?
Probably not, but it could. I think the Cascadia fault line could go before Yellowstone erupts, after all the average between-quake interval is way shorter than the average supervolcano eruption interval, and the Cascadia section of the Ring of Fire is one of the only major sections to not have had a major quake in the last hundred or so years. (Japan, New Zealand, two in Chili, the Indonesian quake and in Alaska in the 60s, but no mega thrust quakes in the Pacific Northwest zone since about 1700...
Maybe I should have gotten earthquake insurance for my condo...
Or the one could cause the other - yellowstone causing a cascadia quake would probably be more likely. Who knows? They might not be close enough to each other for one to cause the other.
(April 9, 2014 at 5:24 am)Phatt Matt s Wrote: Someone told me that all the animals were leaving yellowstone and that is evidence that it may erupt soon. People say A lot of things
Better evidence would be that the magma chamber under the park is growing - The magma chamber increases in size, swells the land above it causing the lake beds to rise and the lakes to overflow their shores and swamp the nearby trees. This is happening right now.
I wouldn't put any stock is "animals are leaving yellowstone!" especially when they're talking about migratory animals like bison.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
