Lake Earthquake, Montana, United States

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 20 July 2019 at 18:19:31 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 10 March 2020 at 01:19:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geohazard, natural disaster, landslide, earthquake, dam, lake, Yellowstone hotspot, USA
Fig. 1 - S1 (10.03.2020) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - Lake Earthquake lies 1948m high, in Montana, at north-west of the US.
2D view 3D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (20.07.2019) - 12,11,2 colour composite - It is located 4 km west of Lake Hebgen, itself a neighbour of Yellowstone National Park.
3D view
Fig. 3 - 11,8,2 colour composite - Lake Earthquake is 58 m deep and 10 km long, it is formed along the Madison River.
3D view
Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 colour composite - In 1959, the 7.3 rated Hebgen Lake earthquake caused a 80-million ton landslide, which killed 28 people.
3D view
Fig. 5 - S1 (10.03.2020) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite - The landslide caused a dam which formed the lake within a month.
3D view
The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency or the European Union.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
More on European Commission space:
More on ESA: S-1 website S-2 website S-3 website
More on Copernicus program: Scihub portal Cophub portal Inthub portal Colhub portal
More on VisioTerra: Sentinel Vision Portal Envisat+ERS portal Swarm+GOCE portal CryoSat portal