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Patrick Pester

Yellowstone National Park earthquake shakes hottest and oldest geothermal area

A geyser in Norris Geyser Basin, close to where the Yellowstone National Park earthquake struck.

A minor earthquake has hit Yellowstone National Park, shaking the hottest and oldest geothermal area in the region.

The magnitude 3.9 tremor hit near Norris Geyser Basin in Wyoming on Tuesday (Jan. 28) at 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (8 p.m. EST).

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