Yellowstone Eruption July 2024

Yellowstone Eruption July 2024. Shortly before 10 am on july 23, 2024, an explosion of hot water, mud, and rock occurred from black diamond pool in biscuit basin, yellowstone national park, only about 2 miles northwest of old faithful. July 23, 2024 on tuesday, july 23, at about 10:19 a.m., a localized hydrothermal explosion occurred near sapphire.

An explosion at yellowstone national park surprised visitors, sending them running for safety as hot water, steam, rocks and mud shot dozens of feet into the air. The yellowstone volcano observatory (yvo) reported that at around 1000 on 23 july a small hydrothermal explosion occurred in yellowstone’s biscuit basin thermal area, located about 3.5 km nw of old faithful.