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Alaska Quake Triggers Yellowstone Geyser Changes
A 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake in Alaska sparked a wave of over 1,000 local quakes near Yellowstone National Park within a week. Study authors say distant surface waves altered underground water steam pressures, changing eruption intervals in several geysers and keeping geysers active by shaking loose minerals.
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Bilziies
Mont
Alaska
Yellowstone National Park
Denali
North America
Yellowstone
Robert Smith
University of Utah
Stephan Husen
Geology
Smith
Wyoming
Park