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Yellowstone trembles again – new earthquake swarm underway

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A new earthquake swarm is currently underway at Yellowstone National Park, USA. According to the earthquake list of University of Utah, a new series of relatively stronger earthquakes started on November 23, 2013. Almost all of them are located approximately 19 km (12 miles) NNE of West Yellowstone, MT.

Most noticeable earthquakes are M 3.3 that struck on November 23 at 20:47 UTC (13:47 local time) and M 3.1 that struck on November 24 at 07:18 UTC (00:18 local time).

Keep in mind that we are still 7 days before the new YVO monthly update report when more data will be available.

Image credit: UUSS

Below is the list pf earthquakes recorded by University of Utah Seismograph Stations for the last week (November 24, 2013, at 14:00 UTC – past 168 hours). Times are local (MST or MDT), for UTC time add 7 hours. Most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Click on the word "map" or "MAP" to see a map view. Click on a "DATE" to get additional text information. Magnitude 3 and greater earthquakes are printed in bold type. 

Featured image credit: USGS – YVO

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