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Earthquake damage from 1959 Hebgen Lake event in Yellowstone Plateau

By Frequently Asked Questions 1959 (approx.)
Earthquake damage from the 1959 Hebgen Lake event in the Yellowston...
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This house fell into Hebgen Lake during the 1959 earthquake and floated along the shore until it came to rest here. The owner of the house, then-70-year-old Mrs. Grace Miller, escaped only after kicking out her front door and leaping a 5-foot-wide ground crack as her house dropped into the lake.

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Fact Sheet 2005-3024

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