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Album caption: Damaged tower and coping of city hospital, Charleston. Charleston earthquake of August 31, 1886. Charleston County, South Carolina. (Photo by C. C. Jones) Published as plate 18 in U.S. Geological Survey. Annual report no. 9, 1887-1888. 1889. Index card: Damaged tower of City Hospital.
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Album caption: Photograph of some geologic effects of the earthquake: Landslide damage to The Alaska Railroad near Potter. Anchorage district, Cook Inlet region, Alaska. n.d. (Photo by A. Grantz). Published as Figure 4-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Circular 491. 1964. Note: Same as ake00040_ct
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Album caption: Flow failure down a hillside slope on the Nunez Ranch 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Half Moon Bay. Note the man standing at the base of the deposited debris and a second man standing on the lower edge of the cavity at the top of the slide. Additional incipient flow failures with much smaller movements also occurred on the convex hill to the left of the principal landslide. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 133B) with caption "Earth-flow 4 miles east of Half Moon Bay." San Mateo County, California. 1906. Published as figure 22 in U. S. Geological Survey Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by R. A. Anderson, J.C. Branner...
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Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979. Brawley Fault zone at Keystone Road site 100 (location shown on Plate 1, Professional paper 1254). The cracks in the pavement and in the field on the right follow the trace of the 1975 surface displacement. The dark vegetation just east of the trace formed an abrupt lineament at the fault trace before the earthquake; part of the darkness at the trace is due to low-sun shadowing of the scarp that faces west toward the camera. The fracturing near the crest of the scarp generally forms a single continuous break, although locally, multiple echelon fractures also occur on this fault strand. View is east-southeast. Photo by M.J. Rymer, October 23, 1979. Figure...
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Index card: A small buckled fence along Montana State Highway 499 (former State Highway 287). A small earth slump from hill showing on the right of the photo compressed the fence and buckled it. Hebgen Lake to the left of the photograph just beyond the fields. Madison Range in the background. Hebgen Lake earthquake. Gallatin County, Montana. August 1959,
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Typed information on back of photograph: (Hall) 8/18/59, afternoon. Horizontal displacements and crooked fences along highway 287 north of Hebgen Lake. Looking westerly.
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Album caption and index card: Hebgen Lake Earthquake. View of first road slip along north shore of Hebgen Lake. Road visible beyond slip and water. Gallatin County, Montana. (See also I.J. Witkind photo no. 40, wij00040)
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Album caption: Craterlet and curled mud flakes, Ten Mile Hill. Charleston earthquake of August 31, 1886. Berkeley County, South Carolina. September 1886. (Photo by C. C. Jones) Published as plate 21 in U.S. Geological Survey. Annual report no. 9, 1887-1888. 1889. Index card unavailable.
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Index card: Sign commemorating those who lost their lives in the Hebgen Lake Earthquake of August 17, 1959. Text reads: "TRAGEDY A memorial plaque has been placed on the large dolomite boulder above and behind this sign in remembrance of the 28 men, women and children who lost their lives in the Madison River Earthquake of August 17, 1959... This slide is the final resting place for 19 persons." (Text edited for this card). Gallatin County, Montana. July 6, 1984.
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Peru Earthquake May 31, 1970. Nevados Hascaran, showing the area overrun by the upper part of the debris avalanche (outlined by dashed line): Moraines, M, below Glacier 511 and between Rio Shacsha and Quebrada Armapampa, and areas splattered by airborn mud and boulders. June-July 1970.
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Album caption: Cape Fortunes (False Cape) landslide, one of the largest landslides triggered by the 1906 shock. View toward toe showing extension of toe into Pacific Ocean in background. Similar photograph previously published by Lawson and others (1908, pl. 127B) with caption "Earth-slump at Cape Fortunas, Humboldt County." Humboldt County, California. 1906. Published as figure 67-B in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U. S. G. S. Photo Library. Photograph by A.S. Eakle, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.)
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Album caption: An indication of the violence of the surge-waves that struck Whittier. Seward quadrangle, Wells district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1964. Published as Figure 31 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 541. 1966. Note: Same as ake00060_ct
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Truckee, California, Earthquake September 12, 1966. Small powerhouse at Farad on the Truckee River 3 miles east of Boca Reservoir, showing a near-circular hole about 9 feet in diameter punctured in the brick wall by the large falling boulder. The boulder fell from the slope about 100 feet west of Interstate Highway 80, skipped across the highway and catwalk, bounced near the base of the power pole in the center and then into the brick wall. September 1966.
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Album caption: Broken monument in the cemetery of St. John's Lutheran Church, Charleston. Charleston earthquake of August 31, 1886. Charleston County, South Carolina. 1886. Index card unavailable.
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San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. Stud framing, showing holes torn in the tar paper exterior of a new frame house 0.3 mile east of Veterans Hospital. 1971.
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Album caption: Slump in Union Street between Pierce and Steiner Streets. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 88B) with caption "Slip of a fill.on Union Street, just west of Steiner Street, San Francisco." City and County of San Francisco, California. 1906. Published as figure 53 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U.S.G.S. Photo Library. Photograph by H.O. Wood, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.)


map background search result map search result map Craterlet and curled mud flakes,Ten Mile Hill. Berkeley County, South Carolina. 1886. Damaged tower and coping of city hospital. Charleston Earthquake, Charleston County, South Carolina.1886. Broken monument in cemetery of St. John's Lutheran Church. Charleston County, South Carolina. 1886. Brawley Fault zone, Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979. Landslide(?) damage to lower Van Norman Dam. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Damaged steel-reinforced concrete support on Interstates 5 and 14. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Fallen stair tower of Olive View Hospital. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Damaged Los Angeles County ambulance under collapsed covered parking at Olive View Hospital. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Stud framing, showing holes torn in the tar paper exterior of a new frame house. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Small powerhouse at Farad on the Truckee River, showing a near-circular hole punctured in the brick wall by the large falling boulder. Truckee, California, Earthquake September 12, 1966. Nevados Hascaran avalanche showing the area overrun by the upper part of the debris avalanche (outlined by dashed line) caused by the Peru Earthquake. 1970. Small buckled fence along Montana State Highway 499 (former State Highway 287). Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Flow failure down a hillside slope on the Nunez Ranch, east of Half Moon Bay. San Mateo County, California. 1906. Slump in Union Street between Pierce and Steiner Streets. San Francisco, California. 1906 Cape Fortunes (False Cape) landslide,  Humboldt County, California. 1906. Sign commemorating those who lost their lives in the Hebgen Lake Earthquake of August 17, 1959. Gallatin County, Montana. 1984. Horizontal displacements and crooked fences along highway 287 north of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. View of the first road slip along north shore of Hebgen Lake. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Landslide damage to The Alaska Railroad from the March 27 earthquake. Anchorage district, Cook Inlet region, Alaska. n.d. An indication of the violence of the surge-waves that struck Whittier. Seward quadrangle, Wells district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1964. Landslide(?) damage to lower Van Norman Dam. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Damaged steel-reinforced concrete support on Interstates 5 and 14. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Fallen stair tower of Olive View Hospital. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Damaged Los Angeles County ambulance under collapsed covered parking at Olive View Hospital. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Stud framing, showing holes torn in the tar paper exterior of a new frame house. San Fernando, California, Earthquake February 1971. 1971. Small powerhouse at Farad on the Truckee River, showing a near-circular hole punctured in the brick wall by the large falling boulder. Truckee, California, Earthquake September 12, 1966. Slump in Union Street between Pierce and Steiner Streets. San Francisco, California. 1906 Flow failure down a hillside slope on the Nunez Ranch, east of Half Moon Bay. San Mateo County, California. 1906. Craterlet and curled mud flakes,Ten Mile Hill. Berkeley County, South Carolina. 1886. Damaged tower and coping of city hospital. Charleston Earthquake, Charleston County, South Carolina.1886. Broken monument in cemetery of St. John's Lutheran Church. Charleston County, South Carolina. 1886. Landslide damage to The Alaska Railroad from the March 27 earthquake. Anchorage district, Cook Inlet region, Alaska. n.d. Cape Fortunes (False Cape) landslide,  Humboldt County, California. 1906. Small buckled fence along Montana State Highway 499 (former State Highway 287). Hebgen Lake, Gallatin County, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Sign commemorating those who lost their lives in the Hebgen Lake Earthquake of August 17, 1959. Gallatin County, Montana. 1984. View of the first road slip along north shore of Hebgen Lake. Gallatin County, Montana. 1959. Brawley Fault zone, Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979. Horizontal displacements and crooked fences along highway 287 north of Hebgen Lake. Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake. 1959. Nevados Hascaran avalanche showing the area overrun by the upper part of the debris avalanche (outlined by dashed line) caused by the Peru Earthquake. 1970. An indication of the violence of the surge-waves that struck Whittier. Seward quadrangle, Wells district, Alaska Gulf region, Alaska. 1964.