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SUMMARY OF HEBGEN LAKE 1959 EARTHQUAKE
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Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 17, 1959 (11:37 p.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (0637) Location: ~15 mi N of West Yellowstone, MT Epicenter: 44 50.40 111 01.80 [6] Magnitude: 7.5 [6] Intensity: X [7] Felt Area: 1,175,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]Numbers in brackets indicate source of information. See Reference ListSignificant aftershocks: Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 17, 1959 (11:37 p.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (0637) Location: ~15 mi NNW of West Yellowstone, MT Epicenter: 44 52.80 111 06.60 [6] Magnitude: 6.3 [6] Intensity: not available Felt Area: not available Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (12:56 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (0756) Location: near Mammoth, WY Epicenter: 45 00.00 110 42.00 [6] Magnitude: 6 1/2 [6] Intensity: not available Felt Area: not available Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (1:41 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (0841) Location: ~15 mi SE of Virginia City, MT Epicenter: 45 04.80 111 48.00 [6] Magnitude: 6 [6] Intensity: not available Felt Area: not available Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (4:03 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (1103) Location: ~25 mi. SSE of Virginia City, MT Epicenter: 44 56.40 111 48.00 [6] Magnitude: 5 1/2 [6] Intensity: not available Felt Area: not available Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (8:26 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (1526) Location: ~10 mi. NNW of Norris Junction, WY Epicenter: 44 51.00 110 42.00 [6] Magnitude: 6.3 [6] Intensity: not available Felt Area: not available Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Aug 18, 1959 (9:04 p.m.) GMT Date (Time): Aug 19, 1959 (0404) Location: ~25 mi. W of West Yellowstone, MT Epicenter: 44 45.60 111 37.20 [6] Magnitude: 6 [6] Intensity: not available Felt Area: not available Name: Hebgen Lake, MT Local Date (Time): Oct 21, 1964 (12:38 a.m.) GMT Date (Time): Oct 21, 1964 (0738) Location: ~30 mi. WNW of West Yellowstone, MT Epicenter: 44 51.60 111 36.00 [6] Magnitude: 5.8 [6] Intensity: V [7] Felt Area: 65,000 Sq. Kilometers [7]
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Billings Gazette (MT) Bozeman Daily Chronicle (MT) Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) Montana Standard (Butte, MT) Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
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Description: Madison Canyon landslide (labeled)
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: G
Description: Red Canyon fault scarp near Red Canyon Creek
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Info Categories: G
Description: Red Canyon fault scarp near Blarneystone Ranch
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Info Categories: G
Description: Structural damage to buildings astride Red Canyon fault at Blarneystone Ranch
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Info Categories: B, G
Description: Crater resulting from a sand spout north of Hebgen Lake
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Info Categories:G
Description: Rockslide in Yellowstone National Park
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: G, L
Description: Boulders fell into campsite. Cliff Lake Campground
Source: U.S. Forest Service
Info Categories: G, P
Description: Hebgen Lake Dam (aerial view showing dam, lake, new fault scarp on far left)
Source: U.S. Forest Service
Info Categories: G, L
Description: Demonstrating maximum height of waves that overtopped Hebgen Dam
Source: Montana Power Company
Info Categories: L, G
Description: Hebgen Lake Dam's damaged spillway
Source: MT. Bureau of Mines and Geology
Info Categories: L
Description: Hilgard Lodge residence floating in lake
Source: U.S. Forest Service
Info Categories: B, G
Description: South shore of Hebgen Lake and newly exposed boat docks
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Info Categories: G, I
Description: Flooded units of Hilgard Lodge on northeast shore of Hebgen Lake
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: B, G
Description: Driftwood deposited on road by seiche in Hebgen Lake
Source: Montana Historical Society
Info Categories: G, L, P
Description: West Yellowstone school damage
Source: Salt Lake Tribune file, Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: B
Description: Building damage; West Yellowstone, MT
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Info Categories: B
Description: Interior West Yellowstone shop
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Info Categories: N
Description: Packing car to evacuate tourist cabin
Source: Salt Lake Tribune file, Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: P
Description: Car blocked by fault scarp
Source: Salt Lake Tribune file, Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: L, P
Description: Highway 287 broken into Hebgen Lake
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Info Categories: L
Description: Truck tires caught in cracks in Highway 191
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: G, L
Description: Campers waiting for rescue
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: P
Description: Smokejumper descending between landslide and Hebgen Dam
Source: U.S. Forest Service
Info Categories: A
Description: Helicopter evacuating injured among trapped campers
Source: U.S. Forest Service
Info Categories: A, P
Description: Aerial of Hebgen Dam with the SOS-OK sign and vehicles with stranded campers
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: L, P
Description: Injured being carried to First Aid Station
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Info Categories: P, A
Description: Rescuers with man on stretcher
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Info Categories: P, A
Description: Reporters interviewing injured woman
Source: Salt Lake Tribune file, Utah State Historical Society
Info Categories: I, P
Description: Divers coming out of new lake formed by landslide
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: A, P
Description: Rescuers search dry Madison River bed adjacent to slide
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: A, P
Description: Circle of rescuers offer prayer
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: A, P
Description: Men and equipment working on spillway atop landslide as waters begin to flow
Source: Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Info Categories: G, P, R
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Description: Family camping at Rainbow Point, Hebgen Lake, MT
Author: Orton, Jean E.
Info Categories: E, G, N, P
Description: Two individuals, dog, and parrot in Idaho Falls, ID
Author: Loosli, Stuart
Info Categories: E, N, P
Description: At home in Idaho Falls, ID
Author: James, Georgia
Info Categories: E, N, P
Description: Park rangers and truck drivers at West Yellowstone entrance to Yellowstone National Park
Author: Park Rangers, Truck Driver
Info Categories: E, G, L, P
Description: Manager of Duck Creek cabins near West Yellowstone, MT
Author: Yetter, Jerry
Info Categories: P
Description: Man who drove off fault scarp near Duck Creek Junction, north of West Yellowstone, MT
Author: Whitman, Rolland
Info Categories: G, L, P
Description: Manager of Hilgard Fishing Lodge, Hebgen Lake, MT
Author: Miller, Grace
Info Categories: B, G, P
Description: Caretaker family at Culligan's "Blarneystone Ranch," north of Hebgen Lake, MT
Author: Russell, John & Doris
Info Categories: B, G, P
Description: U.S. Geological Survey geologist camped north of Hebgen Lake, MT
Author: Witkind, Irving J.
Info Categories: P
Description: Experiences of residents and campers near Hegben Lake and the Madison River Canyon
Author: Witkind, Irving J.
Info Categories: E, G, L, N, P
Description: Camper at Beaver Creek campground on Madison River
Author: Burley, Robert M.
Info Categories: A, E, G, L, P
Description: 1st doctor to reach earthquake area north of West Yellowstone, MT
Author: Bayles, R.G.
Info Categories: A, B, G, L, P
Description: Family camped in trailer near Madison Canyon landslide
Author: Bennett, R.F. family
Info Categories: G, P
Description: Family camped at Beaver Creek campground, Madison River Canyon
Author: Smith, Lewis family
Info Categories: G, P
Description: Family camped at Rock Creek campground, Madison River Canyon
Author: Ost, Rev. E.H.
Info Categories: G, P
Description: Couple who clung to tree in rising Earthquake Lake, Madison River Canyon
Author: Mault, Grover
Info Categories: A, G, P
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Additional Sources of Information Available
Title: Earthquakes In Montana
Publication: Seismicity in the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised)
Info Categories: B, G, L, N, P
Title: The Hebgen Lake, Montana, Earthquake Of August 17, 1959
Publication: Billings Geological Soc. 11th Annual Field Conference, West Yellowstone-Earthquake
Info Categories: B, E, G, L
Title: The Madison Landslide
Publication: Billings Geological Soc. 11th Annual Field Conference, West Yellowstone-Earthquake
Info Categories: G
Title: The 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake Alters Yellowstone's Hot Springs
Publication: Billings Geological Soc. 11th Annual Field Conference, West Yellowstone-Earthquake
Info Categories: G
Title: The Earthquake Damage To Hebgen Dam And The Necessary Repair Program
Publication: Billings Geological Soc. 11th Annual Field Conference, West Yellowstone-Earthquake
Info Categories: A, G, L, S, R
Title: The Madison Earthquake And Its Effects
Publication: Billings Geological Soc. 11th Annual Field Conference, West Yellowstone-Earthquake
Info Categories: E, G, L, P
Title: Earthquake--20 Years Later
Publication: ENERGIZER; Montana Power Employees Magazine
Info Categories: E, G, I, L, P, R
Title: Hebgen Lake--Madison River Earthquake Disaster
Publication: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Region One Report; M--5123
Info Categories: A, G, I
Title: Earthquake Effects At Yellowstone
Publication: National Parks Magazine
Info Categories: G, P
Title: OK--SOS: Hungerford Remembers '59 Quake
Publication: ENERGIZER; Montana Power Employees Magazine
Info Categories: E, I, L, P
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