{
  "question": "Was today a hydrothermal explosion?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-hydrothermal-explosion",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — no hydrothermal explosion has been reported anywhere today; the last notable one was at Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin on September 27.",
  "details": [
    "Last Biscuit Basin blast: Sep 27, 2026, 8:12 PM MDT",
    "It threw water, mud and rocks 100 feet high",
    "Yellowstone alert level: NORMAL, aviation code GREEN"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NASA EONET natural events",
      "url": "https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/"
    },
    {
      "title": "\"Do \"Super\" eruption environments make for \"super\" hydrothermal explosions:",
      "url": "https://website.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/10/Abstract_MorganWoodsHoleHydropop2015_207827.pdf#1#1#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Wayback Machine",
      "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20240107104424/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_explosion#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "“It’s a sensible model to put forward,” Ordovás–Montañés says",
      "url": "https://www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SN_vol205_no9_lo.pdf#5#8#5"
    },
    {
      "title": "USGS earthquakes, past 24 hours",
      "url": "https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/"
    },
    {
      "title": "USGS (.gov)",
      "url": "https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/notice/DOI-USGS-YVO-2026-10-01T15:02:43+00:00"
    },
    {
      "title": "USGS (.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/volcano-updates"
    },
    {
      "title": "USGS (.gov)",
      "url": "https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/volcano/wy1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-25",
  "place": "Pacific Time",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-hydrothermal-explosion/2026-10-25/tz-america-los-angeles",
  "scope": "timezone",
  "volatile": true,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T02:18:51.224Z"
}