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1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire — An online exhibit of information and images from the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Bancroft Library, UC BerkeleyDamage from Earthquakes
San Andreas Fault
Photos, Earthquake
Effects, Earthquake
Societal Effects
Info
Graphics
General Audience

1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Visualizations — This collection presents links to images, films, panoramas and animations about the earthquake and fire.
Carleton College/NAGT materialsSan Andreas Fault
Photos, Earthquake
Modeling
Lessons online
Damage from Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Societal Effects
Historic Earthquakes
Geology
Engineering, Earthquake
Effects, Earthquake
Education resources
Lesson Plans
Graphics
General Audience
College
High School

A Comparison of Two Bay Area Earthquakes: 1989 v. 1906 — Investigate the shaking intensity and magnitude of these two earthquakes.
USGSEffects, Earthquake
Intensity
Lessons online
Magnitudes
San Andreas Fault
Graphics
Lesson Plans
High School

Earthquake Science Explained — A series of short articles for students, teachers, and parents originally published as weekly features in The San Francisco Chronicle. This USGS General Information Product presents some of the new understanding gained and scientific advances made in the century since the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
USGSBasics
Effects, Earthquake
Engineering, Earthquake
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Hazards
Paleoseismology
Preparedness
San Andreas Fault
Seismic waves
Trenching
Info
Middle School
High School
Elementary school
General Audience

Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies
USGSSocietal 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

Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault — Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault
Geodynamics Research Group, PSUSan Andreas Fault
Plate tectonics
Crustal deformation
Info
General Audience

Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - NCA edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness in northern California
USGS & many other organizationsBasics
Books
Earthquake facts
Effects, Earthquake
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Hazards
Locating Earthquakes
Locations
Magnitudes
Maps
Preparedness
San Andreas Fault
Info
Graphics
General Audience

Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - SCA edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness 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
Info
Graphics
General Audience

San Andreas Fault at Wallace Creek — Interactive, 360 degree panorama of the San Andreas Fault. Aerial photos of the fault taken from a kite.
USGSCrustal deformation
Effects, Earthquake
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Field trips - virtual, real
Geology
Historic Earthquakes
Photos, Earthquake
San Andreas Fault
Graphics
Interactive
Elementary school
General Audience
High School
Middle School

San Andreas Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault
JPL/NASAFaults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
San Andreas Fault
Graphics
Middle School
High School
General Audience
Elementary school
College

San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication
USGSBasics
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Historic Earthquakes
History-Earthquakes, Seismology
San Andreas Fault
Info
Graphics
Middle School
High School
General Audience
College

Teacher's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Geophysics Maps — USGS Open File Report 95-479 (online)
USGSSan Andreas Fault
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Education resources
Seismicity
Lesson Plans
High School

Tour of San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area — virtual field trip
StanfordField trips - virtual, real
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
San Andreas Fault
Info
Graphics
High School
General Audience
College

Tour of the Calavaras Fault — virtual field trip
Stanford Exploration ProjectFaults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Field trips - virtual, real
San Andreas Fault
Info
Graphics
High School
General Audience
College

Tour of the Site of the Loma Prieta Earthquake — virtual field trip
UC Santa CruzSan Andreas Fault
Plate tectonics
Historic Earthquakes
Hazards
Field trips - virtual, real
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Effects, Earthquake
Info
Graphics
High School
General Audience
College

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 InstitutionSurface features - Faults, Earthquakes
Societal Effects
San Andreas Fault
Plate tectonics
Parkfield
Paleoseismology
Geology
Field trips - virtual, real
Crustal deformation
Graphics
Info
General Audience
High School
Middle School

Uncovering the San Andreas Fault (PDF) — Earthquake Trail: What Makes the Geology of Point Reyes National Seashore So Special?
National Park ServiceGeology
San Andreas Fault
Field trips - virtual, real
Info
General Audience
Elementary school

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