Earthquake Lake
Quake Lake is a lake in the western United States, on the Madison River in southwestern Montana. It was created after an earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, with 28 fatalities.
- Lake
- …has a surface elevation of 6,391 feet (1,948 metres)
- Description: lake in southwestern Montana, United States
- Also known as“Lords Lake”“Quake Lake”
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- Location
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Latitude
44.85287° or 44° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
-111.38893° or 111° 23′ 20″ west
Open location code
85PCVJ36+4C
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Earthquake Lake” goes by many names.
بحيرة الزلزالArabic
بحيرة كويكArabic
ԷրթքուեյքArmenian
ՔուեյքArmenian
Earthquake LakeCebuano
地震湖Chinese
堰塞湖Chinese
بحيره كواكEgyptian Arabic
Earthquake LakePolish
КуэйкRussian
Earthquake LakeSlovak
Lords LakeSlovak
Quake LakeSlovak
КуейкUkrainian
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