The area was hit by 34 a total of earthquakes in the past month, the Idaho Statesman reports.

West Yellowstone in reported eleven of those earthquakes on Friday alone, according to the U.S.G.S.

The quakes have ranged between 1.6 to 3.1 magnitudes and were about three miles deep.

A swarm of earthquakes is not unusual for the area.

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article243099076.html

https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/nearly-a-dozen-earthquakes-shake-near-yellowstone-national-park-in-24-hours

See short video:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/swarm-of-earthquakes-detected-near-yellowstone/vi-BB14VmQr

Thanks to Michele Selover for these links

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June 4, 2020 at 09:32AM