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Yellowstone tsunami: Earthquake ‘sent 30ft waves’ over park 'sounded like end of world’ - Daily Express

Yellowstone tsunami: Earthquake ‘sent 30ft waves’ over park 'sounded like end of world’ - Daily Express

Yellowstone tsunami: Earthquake ‘sent 30ft waves’ over park 'sounded like end of world’ - Daily Express
Nov 28, 2020 1 min, 2 secs

But, geologists were caught off guard on the evening of August 17, 1959, during the Hebgen Lake earthquake which would inevitably create a new lake on the Madison River following a landslide.

Historian Larry Morris recalled the gripping minute-by-minute saga in his book ‘The 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake Disaster’.

He added: “Camping out in Montana’s Madison River Canyon, Irene and Purley (Pud) Bennett and their four children had settled just a few hours earlier, gazing up at a spectacular full Moon as they drifted asleep.

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“Then the landslide slammed into the Madison River, slapping the river from its bed and hurtling 30-foot waves upstream and downstream.”

When the Madison River was displaced, a huge wall of muddy water and debris swept over their campsite

Mr Morris added: “The Bennett family, camped on the downstream side of the avalanche, had been hit by one of those tsunamis

Today, tourists to the area can stop by the Earthquake Lake Visitor Centre, which is situated 27 miles north of West Yellowstone to relive the horrors from more than half a century ago

‘The 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake Disaster’ was published by The History Press in 2016 and is available to buy here

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