Recent earthquakes swarms in Yellowstone National Park and continued eruptions of Steamboat Geyser are proof that the park still is seismically active, though a new study suggests that the "hotspot" that fuels Yellowstone's geothermal fury has been in a "significant decline" for quite some time.
In May the famous geyser erupted five times, while nearly 300 earthquakes centered in the park registered on seismometers. The largest quake had a magnitude of 3.1 and was centered about 5 miles west of Norris Junction.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/06/though-it-has-explosive-history-yellowstone-hotspot-might-be-waning
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