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Earthquake activity and ground uplift of the Yellowstone caldera

By Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
This is a comparison of earthquake activity and ground uplift of the Yellowstone caldera, 2003-2010.
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Comparison of earthquake activity and ground uplift of the Yellowstone caldera, 2003-2010. Uplift of GPS stations WLWY and OFW2 are shown as blue lines (compare with blue scale bar). The histogram (gray bars) shows the number of Yellowstone earthquakes per month (right Y axis), with most activity occurring during the period when the uplift began to slow.

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Public Domain.