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Why it may be about to blow - Is the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park about to blow? Sometimes science is right and seismologists have discovered that there is a huge plume of molten rock over 600 miles deep beneath the park that is increasing the changes of volcanic activity.

Seismologist Mathias Obrebski used...

Danger of volcano eruption is over - The earthquake swarm in Yellowstone is finally dying down, so the fear that they might set off a volcano that would lead to the deaths of as many as a billion people has also abated.

According to the Billings Gazette, 400 more quakes have been reported since the beginning of the year...

Almost a year ago, we asked the question, when will Yellowstone blow? The Yellowstone "supervolcano" has risen at a record rate since mid-2004. A blob of molten rock that size of Los Angeles that has been discovered 6 miles beneath the slumbering volcano could be the problem.

Seismologist Robert B. Smith reassures us that "there is no...

There are mysterious forces agitating deep beneath Yellowstone National Park, sending up geysers of water in unexpected places. Much of the park is actually a dormant volcano, but it may not be dormant for much longer.

Bjorn Carey writes in LiveScience.com that in the past 10 years, this volcano has risen almost 5 inches, which indicates...

Microquakes continued to swarm in a remote area along theNevada-California border on Sunday, September 19. As of9:00PM Pacific Daylight Time, over three hundred microquakeshad been recorded in the area.

The quakes are taking place along a fault line that is notedfor being seismically robust. Numerous microquakes wererecorded in the same...

Regarding our story on Yellowstone volcanoes getting ready to blow, a reader named "Jeffrey" writes: "Actually, the Park Department IS telling everyone about the danger and eventuality of Yellowstone exploding. I'm not sure why the news media hasn't picked it up?And yes, the next big explosion is long overdue." When it blows, it will devastate...

Lisa Morgan, the geologist leading a US Geological Survey team studying a bulge beneath Yellowstone Lake says, "it could be the precursor to a hydrothermal explosion." Hydrothermal explosions take place when water is superheated by lava and they can be extremely violent.

Geothermal activity and earth movements have been increasing in...