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– More earthquakes are rattling Yellowstone National Park.

The small quakes include three more Friday that measured stronger than magnitude 3.0. The University of Utah Seismic Stations say the strongest was 3.5.

Several hundred quakes centered under the northern end of Yellowstone Lake have now occurred since Dec. 26. No damage has been reported.

Earthquake swarms happen fairly often in Yellowstone. But scientists say it's unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days.

Yellowstone lies mostly in northwestern Wyoming and is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago. Scientists have not concluded what is causing the earthquakes

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Permalink Reply by Brenda on January 2, 2009 at 9:22pm: Well that is really not news to me. My first year in yellowstone we had a whopper of an earth quake that woke me up and sent me and my bed to the other end of the cabin. Another year steamboat caused an earth quake that shooke so hard people for miles were shakin in there boots and could feel it in several locations in the park.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by reggie on January 2, 2009 at 9:23pm: when i was at yellowstone in 06 they had one it was about 10pm when it happen; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on January 2, 2009 at 9:46pm: I was in Old faithful on 06.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by reggie on January 2, 2009 at 9:47pm: i was at the north entrance in the laundry department; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Sandew on January 3, 2009 at 10:21pm: Yellowstone sits on the New Madrid fault, so earthquaes should be expected. I grew up in southern California, which also sits on many faults.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bruce and Rose Eddy on January 4, 2009 at 8:15am: Isn't the New Madrid fault is in southeastern Missouri; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrea on January 4, 2009 at 8:55am: Yes, it is in Missouri, close to the Mississippi River. We occasionally have small earthquakes in Alabama and Tennessee because of the New Madrid.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by CHRISTINA on January 4, 2009 at 5:15am: I've experienced earthquakes every year I've worked there. Same when I lived in LA for 10 years. It is way overdue for a major volcanic eruption - but you can't live your life worrying about all that. Better to be in an earthquake in Yellowstone than in building-ridden LA.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bruce and Rose Eddy on January 4, 2009 at 8:26am: i found a site with some good info on updates for the earthquakes in Yellowstone...
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2009/01/02/yellowstone... And true, I'd rather be at ground zero if it blows than in a building-ridden LA.; ▶ Reply to This

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