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USGS Caldera Chronicles The 1959 Madison Slide, Part 1: A deadly consequence of the Hebgen Lake Earthquake As the ground started shaking due to the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, a mountain in Madison Canyon collapsed, devastating the area and causing numerous fatalities. The effects of that landslide are still evident today. Yellowstone   Caldera   Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mike Stickney, Director of the Earthquake Studies Office at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Sources/Usage: Public Domain.   View Media Details View of the Madison Slide on August 21, 1959 with rapidly filling Earthquake Lake. Rock Creek Campground was near the flooded trees. Camping gear was left behind by survivors who sought high ground following the slide. Photo by Professor William B. Hall, Montana School of Mines Geology Department. The landscape of the greater Yellowstone region has

 Hebgen Lake earthquake remembered, 62 years later