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SUMMARY OF CLARKSTON VALLEY 1925 EARTHQUAKE

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Name:                    Clarkston Valley, MT
Local Date (Time):       Jun 27, 1925  (6:21 p.m.)
GMT Date (Time):         Jun 28, 1925  (0121)
Location:                ~8 mi. N of Three Forks, MT
Epicenter:               46 00.00   111 30.00   [6]
Magnitude:               6 3/4  [6]
Intensity:               VIII  [7]
Felt Area:               1,000,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]

Significant aftershocks: None

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Newspaper Accounts

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 Bozeman Daily Chronicle (last date searched  07/05/1925)
     Headline:        Montana Is Shaken By Earthquake Shocks
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, E, G, L, N, P

     Headline:        Gallatin County Is Badly Damaged By Earthquake Shocks
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, E, G, L, N, P, R

     Headline:        Gallatin County Center
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: P

     Headline:        Three Shocks At Billings
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: B, E, P

     Headline:        Damage Done In Various Parts Of State By Quake
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: B, E, G, L

     Headline:        Temblors N Washington
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E

     Headline:        Felt At Lewistown
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E, G, L, N

     Headline:        Third Shock In Billings
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E

     Headline:        Park County Shaken
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E, P

     Headline:        Felt At Spokane
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E

     Headline:        Trains Hemmed In
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: G, L

     Headline:        No Damage In Helena
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: B, N, P

     Headline:        Damage In Great Falls
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: B, E

     Headline:        White Sulphur Springs Is Hit
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: B, E, G, I

     Headline:        Gallatin's Luck 
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: I, P

     Headline:        Property Damage in Gallatin May Reach More Than $500,000
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, E, G, I, L, P, R

     Headline:        Montana Counts Loss From Recent Earthquake Shocks
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: B, E, I, R

     Headline:        A Timely Warning
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: A

     Headline:        N. P. Track Now Open
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: R

     Headline:        Quakes Were Not Related
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: S

     Headline:        Earthquakes In Montana And California Recorded
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: S

     Headline:        Three Forks Quake Damage Is Greatest
     Date:            07/01/1925
     Info Categories: E, I

     Headline:        Virginia City Hit
     Date:            07/01/1925
     Info Categories: B, I

     Headline:        Hot Springs Spout
     Date:            07/01/1925
     Info Categories: B, G

     Headline:        State Drive For Relief Of Gallatin Schools
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: A, I

     Headline:        Milwaukee Has Heavy Losses Near Maudlow
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: E, G, I, L, N, R

     Headline:        New Lake At Lombard
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: G, L

     Headline:        Damage To Asylum
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: B, P

     Headline:        Repairing Earthquake Damage
     Date:            07/03/1925
     Info Categories: A, B

     Headline:        Dynamite Explosions Make Earth Tremble
     Date:            07/03/1925
     Info Categories: E, S


 The Missoulian  (last date searched 07/12/1925)
     Headline:        Earthquake Rocks Entire Treasure State
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E, N, P

     Headline:        Wyoming Valley Again Scene Of Mountain Slide
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: G, L

     Headline:        Previous Quakes Felt In Montana
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: E, N

     Headline:        Auto Takes Plunge Due To Earthquake
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: L, P

     Headline:        Much Damage Is Reported Done At Manhattan, Sulphur Springs; Garden City Is Severely Shaken
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, E, G, I, L, N, P

     Headline:        Jury Is Quick To Agree When Building Rocks
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: N, P

     Headline:        Cities In Valleys Around Missoula Are Badly Shaken
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: B, E, N, P

     Headline:        Earth's Movements Explained By Clapp
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: S

     Headline:        Three Passenger Trains Are Lost In Quake Slides In Vicinity Of Three Forks
     Date:            06/28/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, G, I, L

     Headline:        Further Tremors Rock Central Part of State
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, E, G, I, L, N, P

     Headline:        Marooned Passengers Are Rerouted; Milwaukee Will Be 30 Days Recovering From Quake Slides
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: A, G, I, L, R

     Headline:        Mountain Regions Have Felt Quakes During Late Years
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: E

     Headline:        Yellowstone Is Safe for Travelers; Quake Damages Park Little
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: G

     Headline:        Earthquake Topic Of Discussion By Missoula People
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: P

     Headline:        Boston Foundation Wants Photos Of Region Affected By Temblor Pictures May Be Taken By Plane
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: S

     Headline:        Painter's Nerve Shaken By Quake
     Date:            06/29/1925
     Info Categories: N, P

     Headline:        Another Wyoming Mountain Tumbling
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: G, I

     Headline:        Damage In Montana From Temblor Will Not Exceed $500,000
     Date:            06/30/1925
     Info Categories: E, I

     Headline:        Missoula Bridge Crew On Way To Quake Scene
     Date:            07/01/1925
     Info Categories: A, L

     Headline:        Montanans Will Be Asked To Rebuild Schools
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: A, B, I

     Headline:        Olympian Is Saved By Giant Boulder
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: G, L, P

     Headline:        Milwaukee Slides Will Cost Railway Million To Remove
     Date:            07/02/1925
     Info Categories: G, I, R

     Headline:        May Insure Here For Earthquakes
     Date:            07/03/1925
     Info Categories: A

     Headline:        Hot Water Supply At Springs Is Increased
     Date:            07/03/1925
     Info Categories: G

     Headline:        The Mysterious Earthquake
     Date:            07/04/1925
     Info Categories: S

     Headline:        Earthquake Insurance Policy Written Here
     Date:            07/04/1925
     Info Categories: A

     Headline:        Milwaukee Road May Be Opened Tomorrow
     Date:            07/10/1925
     Info Categories: G, I, R

     Headline:        Chimney Settled by Quake; Fire Starts
     Date:            07/12/1925
     Info Categories: B

     Headline:        Montanans Have A Chance To Help Own People
     Date:            07/12/1925
     Info Categories: A

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Photographs Available

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     Description:     Overturned clods of soil near Lombard, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: G

     Description:     Groundcrack east of Townsend, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: G

     Description:     Damaged jail; White Sulphur Springs, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: B

     Description:     Boulder dislodged from cliff; near Missouri River in Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: G

     Description:     Damaged high school; Manhattan, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: B

     Description:     Rockfall on railroad tracks near Lombard, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: G, L

     Description:     Severly damaged church; Three Forks, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: B

     Description:     Damaged schoolhouse; Three Forks, Montana
     Source:          U.S. Geological Survey
     Info Categories: B

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Additional Sources of Information Available

      
Title:            Earthquakes in Montana
Publication:      Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
Info Categories:  B, G

Title:            The Montana Earthquake of June 27, 1925
Publication:      U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 147-B (1926)
Info Categories:  B, G, P

Title:            The Montana Earthquake Of June 27, 1925 Damage In Gallatin County
Publication:      Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1926)
Info Categories:  B, G
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