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| Above, the Old Faithful Inn dining room fireplace today. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
A big earthquake hit Yellowstone National Park in August 1959 and scientists think current earthquakes are aftershocks from that event.
KSL.com reported:
SALT LAKE CITY — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake which shook Yellowstone National Park in August 1959 may have seen continuing aftershocks as late as 2018, according to a study published by University of Utah geoscientists.
The original earthquake, known as the Hebgen Lake earthquake, jarred Yellowstone for around 30 seconds, according to a University of Utah press release. The dining room fireplace in the Old Faithful Inn toppled, the ground dropped 20 feet in some places and 28 people died. In 2017, the researchers said the Hebgen Lake quake rippled through Yellowstone once again.
More than 3,000 small earthquakes swarmed through the national park between June 2017 and March 2018, localized in the Maple Creek area, according to the study.
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