Yellowstone Eruption July 23 2024 Date. It was the first such explosion in the park to be captured. The united states geological survey (usgs) confirmed a small hydrothermal explosion occurred in the biscuit basin thermal area of yellowstone national park (ynp) tuesday morning, july 23, 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. 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.