Yellowstone Supervolcano Earthquake Swarm Hits More Than 1,200 Events

[zeppelin128]

You are in my neck of the woods?

Cool.

Yep, lived here all my life except for seven years in Knoxville.

 

[zeppelin128]

I heard a long time ago that if they had a large enough earthquake near Memphis that it would most likely cause Mud Island to collapse into the Mississippi and could even cause the Mississippi to temporarily flow backwards. It happened in 1812.

Yeah, basically it will be like the apocalypse over here. The soil is also made up of sedimentary rocks and clay, which from what I was taught basically means the ground will act wave-like during a major quake.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Yeah, basically it will be like the apocalypse over here. The soil is also made up of sedimentary rocks and clay, which from what I was taught basically means the ground will act wave-like during a major quake.

Liquefaction in action

 

[Volz4lif3]

I hope to God I'm retired or off this day...

 

[governmentmule]

I do remember some quakes up in Kingsport when I was a kid


and yes,it was many a year ago

 

[CagleMtnVol]

I do remember some quakes up in Kingsport when I was a kid


and yes,it was many a year ago

There is actually earthquakes in Eastern Tennessee almost every other day. Most are two small to even notice however.

Recent Earthquakes Near Eastern Tennessee

 

[Rishvol]

East Tennessee is right on a fault line so of course there is earthquakes almost every day due to plates shifting

 

[gordonr24]

I heard a long time ago that if they had a large enough earthquake near Memphis that it would most likely cause Mud Island to collapse into the Mississippi and could even cause the Mississippi to temporarily flow backwards. It happened in 1812.

It would be the borderline worst natural disaster in recent US history. Memphis is not ready for it.

 

[Orangedogsrule]

This is a global earthquake monitor showing them all around the eartb by size and time since occurance.

http://ds.iris.edu/seismon/

This one is 3D

http://www.earthquake3d.com/

 

[Orangedogsrule]

Interesting that the tremors in Yellowstone are too small to make the threshold for either of the monitors.

 

[VOLALUM]

It would be the borderline worst natural disaster in recent US history. Memphis is not ready for it.

The Mississippi River splits the country as is. Add a huge quake on top of that which would expand the width of the river and drown many metro areas. Memphis and St Louis are in the quake zone, then New Orleans and Baton Rouge gathering all the crap down river. An 8.0+ New Madrid quake would be the worst thing that could ever happen to the US. Hurricane Katrina would look like a drop in the bucket after that.