Fault Line: The Yellowstone Earthquake

To begin there is one piece of crucial information that being;What is is a Fault line? A fault line is a crack in the Earth's crust in which pressure is created in the form of friction, once the rocks break under the pressure a jolt of energy released is and resulting earthquake occurs. Energy released from these geologic phenomenon are measured in a machine called a Richter Scale. The Richter Scale measures seismic waves through the ground after the initial shock in the epicenter of the Earthquake and puts it into a category of size which is magnitude. The highest magnitude quake ever recorded was of 9.1-9.3 magnitude in 2004 in Aceh Indonesia and completely devastated the region along a fault there is a lot of reasons why an earthquake might occur such …show more content…
This isn't nearly enough power to trip a fault line but one specific fault line is very well known in the United States this is known as “San Andreas Fault” this fault line runs through california (as seen in the image below) and is feared if tripped could rip california in half having a near 10.0 magnitude it could easily be felt in parts of the United States and some parts of Mexico as well. There are more rather “explosive” things to discuss which also has relation to fault lines. This being the YellowStone volcano in YellowStone national park. This volcano is more unknown but it should be something somewhat frightening as the volcano is absolutely massive and scientists say that it's highly likely to erupt again. in the attached image it is shown that the volcano is the size roughly of half of the United States scientists still are trying to predict when it could erupt but as seen in the text box in the picture it seems a warning cycle has initiated. Due to current scientific technology it is hard to exactly predict when and if this volcano could erupt only time can tell to see if our technology advances in time to predict it or if it erupts before that which is very unlikely. More important