Guest Thinkers — September 1, 2010

Yellowstone letting us know its still there

There’s been an earthquake swarm in Yellowstone over the last few days – nothing out of the ordinary, but always exciting nevertheless.

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Yellowstone is having a nice little earthquake swarm, eh? Likely it is nothing beyond fluid flow as the earthquake are shallow, but hey, it is still fun to see.

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