Yellowstone Eruption July 2024. A surprise eruption in yellowstone national park on tuesday has sent sightseers running for safety. At around 10:00 am mst on july 23, 2024, a small hydrothermal explosion occurred in yellowstone national park in the biscuit basin thermal area, about 2.1 miles (3.5 km) northwest of old.

Yellowstone national park visitors were sent running and screaming tuesday when a hydrothermal explosion spewed boiling hot water and rocks into the air. A hydrothermal explosion violently shook part of yellowstone national park’s biscuit basin on tuesday, damaging a boardwalk as several park guests ran to safety.