Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes (AP)

December 30th, 2008 by admin

Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes
(AP)

In this Feb. 16, 2005 file photo buffalo graze in a frozen forest inside Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch, File)AP – Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it’s very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah.

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