Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes 
By MEAD GRUVER – 3 hours ago

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come. Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it's very unusual for so many earthquakes to happen over several days, said Robert Smith, a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah.

"They're certainly not normal," Smith said. "We haven't had earthquakes in this energy or extent in many years."
Smith directs the Yellowstone Seismic Network, which operates seismic stations around the park. He said the quakes have ranged in strength from barely detectable to one of magnitude 3.8 that happened Saturday. A magnitude 4 quake is capable of producing moderate damage.

"This is an active volcanic and tectonic area, and these are the kinds of things we have to pay attention to," Smith said. "We might be seeing something precursory.
"Could it develop into a bigger fault or something related to hydrothermal activity? We don't know. That's what we're there to do, to monitor it for public safety."
The strongest of dozens of tremors Monday was a magnitude 3.3 quake shortly after noon. All the quakes were centered beneath the northwest end of Yellowstone Lake.
A park ranger based at the north end of the lake reported feeling nine quakes over a 24-hour period over the weekend, according to park spokeswoman Stacy Vallie. No damage was reported.

"There doesn't seem to be anything to be alarmed about," Vallie said.
Smith said it's difficult to say what might be causing the tremors. He pointed out that Yellowstone is the caldera of a volcano that last erupted 70,000 years ago.
He said Yellowstone remains very geologically active — and its famous geysers and hot springs are a reminder that a pool of magma still exists five to 10 miles underground.
"That's just the surface manifestation of the enormous amount of heat that's being released through the system," he said.

Yellowstone has had significant earthquakes as well as minor ones in recent decades. In 1959, a magnitude 7.5 quake near Hebgen Lake just west of the park triggered a landslide that killed 28 people.

My "Astronomical Earthgrid Spacetime Mapping" technique, in part, is based on significant planetary alignments being in various but specific geometrical relationships with a specific place and time; when in a lunar cycle such resonances are likely to occur (in the crescendo of a lunar phase change); the angular relationship of the lunar nodes to the location (also a key significator); and also when the lunar phase partile (the sun moon angle) is in a principle geometric (harmonic) relationship to the horizon plane of the location (this is the arabic POF). This is a very brief and perhaps somewhat vague description I realize, but I just want to convey somewhat of an idea about this mapping technique.

The first thing to look for is longer standing planetary configurations (those that move slowly) created by the outer orbiting planets; e.g., Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto...). Aspects with the faster moving planets are next, esp. Mercury and Mars, which act as the next level triggers. Sun and Moon aspects follow. The Lunar Phase is next (generally events occur in the crescendo of a lunar phase transition (leading into the phase shift) and when aspecting the lunar nodes; and finally the POF aspect which narrows the time to within minutes. Aspects to consider are twofold: to the "local cross" defined by the horizon plane and the meridian of a specific location (this is the ASC-DSC axis and the MC-IC axis in an astrology (ecliptic ring) chart). In addition, the local cross is often in a primary aspect to Earth's precessional cross (created by the galactic equatorial axis and the vernal axis)--which are square at this time in Earth's 25,000-year precessional cycle; and with planets often conjoining both crosses.

An additional and significant thing to consider is when the Moon is near or at its "perigee"--pointed out by seismic researcher Jim Berkland - however not occurring in this case.