Yellowstone Volcano Eruption in 2014

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This map from the U.S. Geological Service shows the range of the volcanic ash that was deposited after the biggest of the Yellowstone National Park eruptions around 2.1 million years ago. "These eruptions left behind huge volcanic depressions called "calderas" and spread volcanic ash over large parts of North America," it said. "If another large caldera-forming eruption were to occur at Yellowstone, its effects would be worldwide. Thick ash deposits would bury vast areas of the United States, and injection of huge volumes of volcanic gases into the atmosphere could drastically affect global climate. Fortunately, the Yellowstone volcanic system shows no signs that it is headed toward such an eruption in the near future. In fact, the probability of any such event occurring at Yellowstone within the next few thousand years is exceedingly low."

A number of bloggers are posting videos that show bison and other animals allegedly leaving Yellowstone National Park, prompting theories that as earthquakes ramp up the seismic activity will set off the Yellowstone supervolcano.

Two of the main bloggers behind the discussion stress that there's no way to know when the supervolcano will go off but note that the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that hit on March 30 seemed to set off a reaction from the animals, who are moving for a reason.

"Whether I believe this, or whether I don't believe the story or not, I don't know. I can tell you this story I saw this morning about the buffaloes running the street "¦ whether or not it's because of any activity in Yellowstone or not, I don't know," said blogger Jay Lee, who posted a story on his site tatoott1009.com.

"But I'll tell you this, whatever the case may be, that their running away from Yellowstone is an alert of some sort."
 
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Some animals can hear the infrasound i.e. below 20 hertz which we human can't hear. So if animals are moving away because of that then there is a possibility of seismic activities and it's definately an alert as it's a supervolcano. :tape:
 

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