Earthquake Topics — Prediction
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| Organization | Topics | Content Types | Level |
100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics. | |||
| USGS | Statistics Prediction Basics |  Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 | Info | College General Audience High School Middle School |
Can We Predict Earthquakes? PodCast — Scientist Mike Blanpied discusses the science of earthquake prediction. | |||
| USGS | Prediction | Info | General Audience |
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 |  GraphicsInfo Lesson Plans | College High School |
Earthquake Model — earthquake recurrence, size, and prediction demonstration instructions, brick & sandpaper model | |||
| USGS | Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction | InfoLesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Prediction Information — short overview | |||
| University of Washington | Prediction | Info | General Audience High School College |
Earthquake Prediction, Societal Implications — technical paper | |||
| journal Reviews of Geophysics | Prediction | Info | College General Audience |
Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS | Effects, Earthquake Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Prediction Seismicity | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 Cannot Be Predicted — technical paper | |||
| journal Science | Prediction | Info | College General Audience |
Earthquakes! — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey | |||
| The Why Files | Basics Damage from Earthquakes Deaths from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Maps Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience 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 |
Is the reliable prediction of individual earthquakes a realistic scientific goal? — Seven-week debate involving many authors and their views | |||
| journal of Nature | Prediction | Info | College 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 | GraphicsInfoLesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Papers from an NAS Colloquium on "Earthquake Prediction: The Scientific Challenge" — excellent collection of downloadable papers | |||
| National Academy of Sciences | Prediction | Info | College General Audience |
Predicting Earthquakes — short overview | |||
| USGS | Prediction | Info | General Audience College High School |
Savage Earth, The — slick presentation of the earthquake basics with great graphics and animations | |||
| PBS | Basics Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction Seismic waves Tsunamis | Graphics | High School General Audience College |
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 |
The Parkfield Experiment — attempting to predict a Parkfield, CA earthquake | |||
| USGS | Prediction Parkfield | InfoGraphics | High School General Audience College |
