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In this photo a section of Highway 287 has slumped into Hebgen Lake. Highway 1 was made impassable for a distance of nearly 56 km from its intersection with U.S. Highway 191. Over 200 vacationers were trapped in Madison Canyon when the earthquake destroyed sections of the highway. Timber and road damage from this shock were estimated at $11 million. Image Credit: University of California at Berkeley August 18, 1959 Hebgen Lake USA earthquake The magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed 28 people and caused $11 million property damage. Affected area: 1,554,000 sq km Event Data:
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