Not really a conspiracy, but since I have unsubbed from all the other news reddits I appreciate this.

If persons in our government new a major event was likely and didn't warn us that would qualify. I'm not suggesting this is the case. edit Why on earth would fracking be allowed near Calderas?

I have no idea. It's like everyone is trying to run the train off the rails.

I agree, we're going into uncharted territories and not in a logical way.

The scary bit is when you realize it is logical to someone.

$$$$$$

and no one cares about this area of the country. i'd like to see someone frack NYC

It's happening everywhere...and the drilling waste fluids that they’re pumping back into the earth, not good.

Oh i know, i moved from texas and most of the people i knew there are in the oil/gas industry and post nothing but propaganda on facebook about fracking. It's disgusting.

There's no fracking in the area, so you can relax. (The closest is like way on the other side of Idaho, i'm not even sure if it's active anymore)

Just a bullshit source.

There's may concern by some even without fracking in the vicinity and there's plenty of drilling in the areas Idaho/Wyoming.

http://wildidahorisingtide.org/category/issues/idaho-fracking/

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/portable-seismographs-heading-for-central-idaho/article_7c522b84-c4eb-11e3-9e96-0019bb2963f4.html

http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/wrapper.php?file=YMV_EHZ_WY_01.2014041400.gif

It could be a conspiracy. I'm not claiming it is, but I can see several ways that it could be.

Name of Volcano/VEI/Continent/Country/Location/ Last eruption/Last activity-Event

• Island Park Caldera- 8- North America- USA- State of Idaho~ 2.1 million years ago- April 15 2014; April 16 2014 09:23 PM

• Yellowstone Caldera- 8- North America- USA- State of Wyoming~ 640,000 years ago- April 15 2014; April 16 2014 09:23 PM

Earthquake in USA on Wednesday, 16 April, 2014 at 10:50 (10:50 AM) UTC. EDIS Event Report

Hundreds of low-level and medium-sized earthquakes have struck central Idaho since last month, puzzling geologists who wonder whether the ruptures portend a much larger temblor to come or are merely the rumblings of a seismic fault previously thought to be dormant. The recent earthquake swarm, beginning on March 24 and climaxed by a 4.9 magnitude tremor on Saturday, has produced no reports of injuries or severe damage but has rattled nerves in a region where Idaho's most powerful known quake, measured at 6.9, killed two children in 1983. Saturday's earthquake was the strongest recorded in the state since 2005 and was followed on Monday by a magnitude 4.4 event that struck 10 miles north of the small ranching community of Challis, Idaho, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Challis tremor knocked pictures and animal mounts from walls, rattled dishes off tables and was felt by residents in neighboring Montana more than 100 miles from the quake's epicenter, officials said. The latest seismic surge, including 100 small to moderate quakes on Monday alone, has galvanized government scientists, who planned to install special seismometers in the area as early as Tuesday to more closely track the activity.

The likelihood of a severe earthquake coming on the heels of the recent swarm is low, but much is perplexing about the series of tremors, said Bill Phillips, a geologist with the Idaho Geological Survey at the University of Idaho. Such earthquake swarms typically are associated with the movement of molten rock below ground, which geologists credited for the recent quake cluster at Yellowstone National Park, or they are linked to an active fault, he said on Tuesday. "What has many of us scratching our heads is the present-day swarm doesn't appear to be on the big, active fault in the area that ruptured in 1983 and caused the largest earthquake in Idaho," Phillips said. He was referring to the magnitude 6.9 temblor that struck Mount Borah, Idaho's tallest peak, killing two children in Challis and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. Idaho sits at the center of a seismic belt in the intermountain West that runs from northwestern Montana to southern Nevada and contains thousands of faults in the Earth's crust, said Michael Stickney, director of earthquake studies at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Carl Alexander, disaster coordinator in Challis, said schools have stepped up earthquake drills, and he has requested that emergency responders in Idaho and Utah be available if disaster strikes. Alexander is advising local residents to keep bottled water and canned goods on hand just in case "a big shaker" should strike.

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Seems like your far enough West...but when these do finally go we’re all screwed.

I forgot about Long Valley Caldera in CA http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs108-96/

• Island Park Caldera- last activity April 16 2014 09:23 PM
• Yellowstone Caldera- last activity April 16 2014 09:23 PM
• Long Valley Caldera- last activity April 16 2014 02:26 PM

Is there an actual link to a source? The EMERCOM website doesn't mention anything at all about this.

I don't find it on the EMERCOM site. It was also reported by RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service

link up top

Could someone explain this for me? I'm not American and don't understand how this could possibly benefit the US government?

eg. If they knew something was going to happen but didn't tell anyone, how would they benefit? Also, are they deliberately fracking to cause a volcanic eruption or earthquakes?

I mean this in all honesty, rather than trying to be sarcastic or to say it's not possible. I know they're capable of such things. I just don't understand how they would benefit from this and how this post links to a conspiracy.

If someone could ELI5. Thanks.

EDIT - Spelling.

Americans wouldn’t intentionally trigger a massive earthquake, but fracking and injection wells have caused small quakes. I don’t know FEMA’s evacuation plan for an imminent Super Volcano eruption…its possible their plans takes effect after an eruption.

More people need to learn how to spot Sorcha Faal bullshit. It always starts with some report from a Russian intel source. Check out whatdoesitmean for the template.

Borah peak isn't even a volcano, ffs.

That, and the fact Idaho has been volcanically dead for the last couple million years.

Then again, the name on the source is a dead giveaway.

How far is Borah peak from Island Park Caldera? Its had several seismic events in the last few days.

http://www.idahopress.com/news/local/seismographs-headed-to-challis-after-earthquakes/article_c5e874b0-c527-11e3-9d8a-0019bb2963f4.html

Magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Challis, Idaho Saturday April 12 2014 at 5:04 PM (PDT) http://anf.ucsd.edu/spevents/2014/103/a/

That caldera is long extinct anyways (The source of magma that fed it has long since moved on to yellowstone)

Ones enough but they are likely linked internally. http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/hot_spot_pics/Yellowstone_map.gif

http://www.bhs.idaho.gov/Pages/Plans/Mitigation/Documents/plan/3.5%20Earthquake.pdf