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And then there is the big daddy of them all, Yellowstone and the recent earthquake swarm. Not a prediction but a good read and a discussion of an issue to keep an eye on.


I don't really keep an eye on the Yellowstone Caldera simply because if the cork pops it really is just simply the end of the world (this would be a TEOTWAWKI in which no level of preparedness would be useful), although this link is a little disconcerting.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

The depths Earthquakes of 8.9 Km is just where the magma bubble depth boundary is located.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wrhcvA0n3A

'Old Faithful' could well be where the cork pops.