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To: long-gone who wrote (156)	5/6/2000 4:25:00 PM
From: Lilian Debray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 183

I don't know about the big one. There was some low magnitude seismic activity in the area around May 2nd. If the last eruption was in 1991, the last significant seismic activity in March 1995 does not seem to have affected the Steamboat itself although it did alter the Norris Basin where it is located. The Norris Geyser Basin is situated on the intersection of three faults. Other factors that seem to influence geyser activities: * The heavier the rainfall, the lesser the activity * Like tides, geysers seem to be on a 4.4 year cycle following the differences in orbital planes of Earth and Moon Rhinehart, J.S. (1972) Fluctuations in geyser activity caused by variations in earth tidal forces, barometric pressure, and tectonic stresses. Jour. Geophys. Res. 77, 342-350. Silver, Paul G. and Valette-Silver, Nathalie J. (1992) Detection of Hydrothermal Precursors to Large Northern California Earthquakes. Science 257, 1363-1368. +++++ RECENT YELLOWSTONE REGION EARTHQUAKES LOCATED BY THE UNIV. OF UTAH ++++++ DATE-(UTC)-TIME LAT(N) LON(W) DEP MAG COMMENTS yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss deg. deg. km Ml 00/04/27 05:03:06 44.78N 111.10W 9.2 1.7 8.4 mi N of W. Yellowstone 00/04/27 05:38:24 44.72N 110.84W 7.3 1.3 5.5 mi N of Madison Junc. 00/04/27 08:21:09 44.78N 111.09W 7.6 1.5 7.9 mi N of W. Yellowstone 00/04/28 01:08:05 44.72N 111.14W 3.0 0.8 4.1 mi NW of W. Yellowstone 00/04/28 13:41:23 44.69N 110.46W 2.2 1.9 3.8 mi SE of Canyon Junc. 00/05/01 04:39:15 44.77N 110.83W 3.9 1.4 7.0 mi W of Norris Junc. 00/05/01 13:21:57 44.78N 111.46W 12.3 1.9 19.3 mi WNW of W. Yellowstone 00/05/01 14:48:53 44.76N 110.67W 2.8 1.6 2.5 mi NNE of Norris Junc. 00/05/01 15:08:47 44.75N 110.68W 1.9 1.5 1.7 mi NNE of Norris Junc. 00/05/01 15:09:58 44.76N 110.67W 2.1 1.7 2.0 mi NNE of Norris Junc. 00/05/01 15:17:11 44.73N 111.09W 10.9 2.0 5.0 mi N of W. Yellowstone 00/05/02 10:36:28 44.40N 110.58W 2.2 2.1 1.1 mi SSW of West Thumb 00/05/02 11:26:06 44.34N 110.49W 4.5 2.0 6.7 mi SE of West Thumb 00/05/03 19:38:31 44.47N 111.08W 11.7 1.7 12.5 mi W of Old Faithful quake.wr.usgs.gov paragon-press.com yellowstoneassociation.org geocities.com earthquake.usgs.gov