Quake Lake
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Quake Lake is a lake in the western United States, on the Madison River in southwestern Montana. It was created after an earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, with 28 fatalities. Northwest of West Yel
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Landslide at Quake Lake United States Geological Survey
Quake Lake from overlook
Memorial for the victims from the 1959 earthquake at the Earthquake Lake Visitor Center
Fault scarp
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A fault scarp is a small step-like offset of the ground surface in which one side of a fault has shifted vertically in relation to the other. The topographic expression of fault scarps results from th
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…effect created by wind, atmospheric pressure, or seismic activity on water) crested over Hebgen Dam, causing cracks and erosion. The earthquake created fault scarps up to twenty feet (6 m) high in the area near Hebgen Lake and the lake bottom itself dropped the same distance. 32,000 acres (50 mi2; 130 km2) of the…
This fault scarp was created by the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. The photo was taken August 19, 1959.
Fault Line Scarp
Borah 1983