Earthquake Photo Collections

USGS Collections

• Metadata for Geologic Photographs
  USGS Hazards collection

• USGS Photo Library
  USGS photo and image collections - earthquakes and more

Specific Earthquakes - USGS & Others

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

• 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
  

• The Museum of the City of San Francisco
  

1989 Loma-Prieta Earthquake

• Loma-Prieta Earthquake
  

1994 Northridge Earthquake

• Northridge Earthquake
  

1999 Chi Chi (Taiwan) Earthquake

• Slideshow from Leighton & Associates
  

1999 Hector Mine Earthquake

• Aerial Photos of Fault
  

• Aerial Photos of Fault 2
  

• Ground Photos of Fault
  

• Ground Photos of Fault 2
  

• Photogrammetric Aerial Photos of Fault
  

• Slideshow from Leighton & Associates
  

1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake

• 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake - Set 2
  

• Faulting in the Izmit, Turkey Earthquake - Set 1
  

2001 Nisqually Earthquake

• Olympia, Washington Damage Photos
  

• Seattle, Washington Damage Photos
  

2002 Denali Fault Earthquake

• 2002 Denali Fault Gallery
  

• Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
  

• Alaska Earthquake Information Center - Northway Road
  

• Alaska Earthquake Information Center - Tok Cutoff Road
  

• Photos along the surface rupture of the Denali Fault
  Univ. of Alaska

• Shannon & Wilson Inc. - near Denali National Park
  

Non-USGS Collections

• American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science World ImageBank
  

• Earthquake Images from John Martin & Associates
  (many from NOAA collection)

• EERI AudioVisual and Publications Catalog
  

• FEMA Photo Library
  

• Karl V. Steinbrugge Slide and Photograph Collection
  World earthquakes and earthquake engineering

• Library of Congress American Memory
  

• Miscellaneous Earthquake-related Photos
  

• NOAA NDC Geologic Hazards Images
  

• Northridge Earthquake
  

• Smithsonian Photographs Online
  

• The Geolmages Project
  UC Berkeley

• The Museum of the City of San Francisco
  Bay area earthquake damage

• UC Berkeley California Heritage Collection
  

For video footage, please go the the USGS Office of Communications "Videos for the Media" webpage.