Earthquake Topics — Magnitudes
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A Comparison of Two Bay Area Earthquakes: 1989 v. 1906 — Investigate the shaking intensity and magnitude of these two earthquakes. | |||
| USGS | Effects, Earthquake Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes San Andreas Fault |  Graphics Lesson Plans | High School |
About Earthquakes — descriptions and graphics of earthquakes and their effects | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno | Seismic waves Plate tectonics Photos, Earthquake Magnitudes Intensity Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Basics | Lesson PlansGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Bigger Faults Make Bigger EQ's — three different rope lengths are used to demonstrate how a fault ruptures in an EQ and why bigger faults make bigger EQ's | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur. | |||
| TASA Graphic Arts | Basics Books Damage from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Intensity Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves Shaking | Graphics InfoLesson Plans | College High School |
Discover Our Earth — interactive lessons on earthquake basics, locations, magnitudes and more! | |||
| Cornell University | Plate tectonics Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Basics | Lesson Plans InteractiveInfoGraphics | General Audience College High School |
Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more! | |||
| Purdue Univ. | Shaking Seismic waves Preparedness Plate tectonics Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Lessons online Intensity Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Hazards Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Engineering, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Education resources Earth structure Basics | Lesson PlansGraphics | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
Earthquake Density Maps for the World — Maps of average number of earthquake per year, magnitude 5.0 and greater, for the World. Maps are grouped by depth intervals. | |||
| USGS | Statistics Seismicity Maps Magnitudes | GraphicsInfo | General Audience |
Earthquakes — slide-show type presentation | |||
| Tech Museum of Innovation | Basics Damage from Earthquakes Earth structure Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Nuclear explosions Plate tectonics Preparedness Seismic waves | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book | |||
| W.H. Freeman & Co. | Basics Books Historic Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Tsunamis | Info | College |
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 | Info | Middle School High School General Audience |
Earthquakes: The Rolling Earth — slide-show type presentation | |||
| Univ. of North Dakota | Basics Magnitudes Seismic waves | Graphics | General Audience Middle School Elementary school |
EarthScience Center, The — the USGS consulted on this interactive web-based learning module developed by Logal Software Co,; excellent learning tool for earthquake location, magnitude, distribution and forecasting, Plug-in required that works on PCs and MacOS9 only | |||
| USGS & Riverdeep | Seismicity Magnitudes Locations Basics | Lesson PlansInteractiveGraphics Fun & Games | High School General Audience College |
Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data | |||
| Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS | Magnitudes Locations Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Seismic waves | InteractiveGraphics | High School College |
How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics | |||
| How Stuff Works | Basics Earth structure Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Plate tectonics Preparedness Seismic waves | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? — How to compare magnitude and energy. With "Try It Yourself" Calculator. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes | InfoFun & GamesInteractive | College General Audience High School Middle School |
Isoseismal Maps (PDF) — learn the difference between intensity and magnitude and gain experience with contouring on maps | |||
| USGS | Intensity Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes | Lesson Plans | Elementary school Middle School |
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 | GraphicsInfoLesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Living in Earthquake Country: A Teaching Box — 7 lessons with the goal of teaching students about how and why earthquakes cause damage. Explores 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 | Basics Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Parkfield Seismic waves | Lesson Plans | High School Middle School |
Magnitude / Intensity Comparison — Explains the difference between magnitude and intensity. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Intensity | Info | General Audience |
Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes This Year — List and map of magnitude 7 and greater earthquakes this year. List and map of deaths from earthquakes this year. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Deaths from Earthquakes Statistics | Info | General Audience |
Magnitude 8 and Greater Earthquakes Since 1990 — List of magnitude 8 and greater earthquakes since 1990. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Statistics | Info | General Audience |
Magnitude versus Intensity Lesson (PDF) — classroom lesson to teach the difference between earthquake magnitude and earthquake intensities | |||
| USGS | Intensity Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes | Lesson PlansGraphics | Middle School High School |
Measuring the Size of an Earthquake — How the size of an earthquake is measured. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Locating Earthquakes Intensity | Info | General Audience |
MegaQuakes/Earthquake Simulator — dial up an earthquake and see the results | |||
| IRIS | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes | Lesson PlansGraphics | High School |
Number of Magnitude 7.0 and Greater Earthquakes per Year, Since 1900 — List of the number of magnitude 7.0 and greater earthquakes per year, since 1900. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Statistics | Info | General Audience |
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and prepardeness in southern California | |||
| USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) | San Andreas Fault Preparedness Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Hazards Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Effects, Earthquake Earthquake facts Books Basics | InfoGraphics | General Audience |
Richter Magnitude Scale, The — Description of the Richter magnitude scale. | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes | Info | General Audience |
Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research | |||
| USGS | Basics Crustal deformation Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locations Magnitudes Modeling Plate tectonics Prediction Rock mechanics Seismicity Statistics | Info | General Audience College |
Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS | Magnitudes Intensity Hazards | GraphicsInfo | Middle School High School General Audience College |
The Richter Scale — An interactive demonstration of calculating the magnitude of an earthquake based on amplitude and S and P wave locations | |||
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Magnitudes Basics | Interactive | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Virtual Earthquake & Other Labs — you're the scientist, and you have to locate the earthquake and determine the magnitude | |||
| Calstate LA | Seismic waves Magnitudes Locating Earthquakes Geology Education resources | InteractiveInfoGraphics | Middle School High School College |
