YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) reported a M3.9 earthquake near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park (YNP) around 6 p.m.
YVO writes in a Facebook post that the earthquake was felt by a number of people present in the area, but confirms that “the earthquake is typical of the Yellowstone region and not a sign of any significant unrest.”
YVO is still asking anyone who felt the earthquake to report their observations here.
The largest reported earthquake in YNP was a M6 that occurred on June 30, 1975. The famous M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake that occurred on Aug. 17, 1959, and killed 28 people actually occurred just outside Park boundaries, six and a half miles northwest of West Yellowstone, Montana.
