Earthquake Topics — Societal Effects
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Organization | Topics | Content Types | Level |
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire — An online exhibit of information and images from the 1906 earthquake and fire. | |||
Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley | Damage from Earthquakes San Andreas Fault Photos, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects | ![]() ![]() | General Audience |
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? | |||
USGS | Tsunamis Societal Effects Preparedness Prediction Hazards Effects, Earthquake Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes | ![]() | College General Audience High School Middle School |
Casualty (Fatality) Totals, A Note About — One-pager explaining why the numbers vary on different list. | |||
USGS | Deaths from Earthquakes Societal Effects Statistics | ![]() | General Audience |
Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety | |||
USGS | Hazards Preparedness Societal Effects | ![]() | Elementary school |
Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy — Companion to "Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies" | |||
USGS | Societal Effects Effects, Earthquake Myths Earthquake facts | ![]() ![]() | General Audience High School Middle School |
Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies | |||
USGS | Societal Effects Shaking San Andreas Fault Prediction Plate tectonics Myths Magnitudes Forces Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earthquake facts Effects, Earthquake Damage from Earthquakes | ![]() | Middle School High School General Audience |
Forces of Nature -- Teacher Study Guides — These study guides are mean to complement the giant_screen film "Forces of Nature" | |||
Destination Cinema | Lessons online Hazards Education resources Basics Preparedness Societal Effects | ![]() | Middle School High School |
Groundwater Effects from Earthquakes — A description of the potential effects of earthquakes on groundwater and wells. | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects | ![]() | General Audience |
Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist — USGS Scientist Paul A. Reasenberg candidly discusses earthquake preparedness. | |||
USGS | Societal Effects Preparedness | ![]() | General Audience |
Living in Earthquake Country-Teaching Box — Explores how and why earthquakes cause damage, seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure. | |||
DLESE | Damage from Earthquakes Hazards Effects, Earthquake Education resources Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Prediction Seismic waves Societal Effects | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Middle School High School |
National Tragedy, Global Response Lesson Plan — explore how different people on local, national and international levels respond to a destructive natural disaster and the needs of its victims and how various facets of the media cover such an event, focusing specifically on the earthquake that deva | |||
New York Times Learning Network | Education resources Lessons online Societal Effects | ![]() | Middle School High School |
Remote-Sensing Seismic Activities — you are the planner, and you have to consider the earthquake hazards and risks | |||
Montgomery Cty Public Schools | Education resources Lessons online Societal Effects | ![]() | Middle School High School |
Transforming California: Landforms of the San Andreas Fault — PowerPoint presentation of digital images (60.7 Mb) exploring the landforms found along the San Andreas Fault. Designed for classroom use with a complementing narrative for each slide. One of the many Earthtrip Virtual Field Trips to explore. | |||
Paleontological Research Institution | Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Societal Effects San Andreas Fault Plate tectonics Parkfield Paleoseismology Geology Field trips - virtual, real Crustal deformation | ![]() ![]() | General Audience High School Middle School |
Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards. | |||
National Geographic | Societal Effects Plate tectonics Maps Locations Lessons online | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Middle School Elementary school |