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Discover recent earthquakes worldwide, including three M2.5 events in the Yellowstone Caldera at shallow depths.

ByErik Klemetti

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If anyone has been watching the earthquakes worldwide today, you might have noticed that there have been three >M2.5 earthquakes in the Yellowstone Caldera today at depths <10 km. Not to say that it is anything, but just something to note.

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