Volcano Monitoring at Yellowstone National Park

Recording shed with satellite antenna. Student transporting a seismometer. Gas sampling at Washburn Hot Springs. Leveling survey at Yellowstone.

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory monitors volcanic and earthquake unrest in Yellowstone National Park. There are permanent stations that monitor earthquakes, deformation, and hydrologic data in real-time. There are also historic data available from field surveys that are not in real-time. Access to the data is provided below and in the sidebar.

Real-time Data: | Earthquakes | Deformation (GPS) | Hydrologic |
Non Real-time Data | Leveling | General |

Activity updates are written at the beginning of each month and cover the past month. If activity increases, updates will be written more frequently.


Sketch of volcano-monitoring techniques Descriptions of volcano-monitoring techniques are available on the Volcano Hazards Program web site.
An overview of University of Utah research at Yellowstone can be found at http://www.earth.utah.edu/people/faculty/rsmith.