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The USGS puts the odds of a Yellowstone supereruption in any given century near 1 in 10,000

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the chance of a Yellowstone caldera-forming eruption in any given century is roughly 1 in 10,000. That figure, derived from just two intervals between three ancient explosions, has shaped federal hazard planning for two decades. Yet the agency itself acknowledges the statistical weakness of the calculation, and no updated […]