Stranded pier along the south shore of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959.

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1959-08

Summary

Index card: Stranded pier along the south shore of Hebgen Lake. Broad sandy expanse (lower left corner of the photograph) is uplifted lake floor. The lake has been displaced to the right of northward. This view is westward, and the mountains are part of the south end of the Madison Range. Small fractures were formed as a aresult of slump. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.

Summary

Index card: Stranded pier along the south shore of Hebgen Lake. Broad sandy expanse (lower left corner of the photograph) is uplifted lake floor. The lake has been displaced to the right of northward. This view is westward, and the mountains are part of the south end of the Madison Range. Small fractures were formed as a aresult of slump. Hebgen Lake earthquake, Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959.

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U.S. Geological Survey

Photographer :

Witkind, Irving Jerome

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Related External Resources

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Evolution of Seismic Geyser, Yellowstone National Park	https://pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70169244/report.pdf
The Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake of August 17, 1959	https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0435/report.pdf
Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions— What’s in Yellowstone’s Future?	https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3024/fs2005-3024.pdf
Earthquakes at Yellowstone	https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/hazard_earthquakes.html
The 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana, earthquake: Two geological points of view	https://pubs.usgs.gov/unnumbered/70178963/report.pdf

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