Earthquake Topics — Seismicity
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| Organization | Topics | Content Types | Level |
Earthquake Density Maps for the United States — Maps of the average number of Earthquakes per year, magnitude 5 and Greater, all depths, for the United States. | |||
| USGS | Seismicity |  Info | General Audience |
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 — 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 in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno | Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Seismicity | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Earthquakes in the United States, Magnitude 7 and Greater — List of earthquakes, by state, magnitude 7.0 and greater. | |||
| USGS | Historic Earthquakes Seismicity | Info | General Audience |
EQs on the Surface (PDF) — use topo maps, seismicity maps, and fault maps to understand the connection between the surface features, locations of EQs and mapped faults | |||
| USGS | Lessons online Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Maps Seismicity |  Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Evidence for Plate Tectonics-Teaching Box — Collection of interrelated learning concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans. | |||
| DLESE | Lessons online Geology Education resources Plate tectonics Seismicity | Lesson PlansInfoGraphics | Middle School |
Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan | |||
| USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center | Seismicity Locations Lessons online GIS Education resources | Lesson Plans | High School College |
Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Education webpage — resources and opportunities for educators | |||
| Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) | Seismicity Seismic waves Earth structure | InfoGraphics | High School General Audience College Middle School |
Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity — excellent graphics, animations and activities | |||
| Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS | Education resources Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Lessons online Seismicity |  InteractiveGraphicsLesson Plans | General Audience College High School |
Jules Verne Voyager and Jules Verne Voyager, Jr. — an interactive map tool that enables students and scientists to better understand the relationships between geophysical and geological processes, structures, and measurements with high-precision GPS data. These are Javascript based tools. | |||
| UNAVCO | Seismicity Plate tectonics Maps | InteractiveGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Largest and Deadliest Earthquakes by Year, 1990 - 2005 — List of the largest and deadliest earthquakes, by year, 1990 -2005. | |||
| USGS | Historic Earthquakes Deaths from Earthquakes Seismicity | 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 |
Seismic/Eruption — A free program (PC) you can download for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time | |||
| SUNY Binghamton | Seismicity | GraphicsInteractive | High School College |
Seismicity of the United States — Seismicity maps of the United States. | |||
| USGS | Seismicity Maps Hazards | GraphicsInfo | General Audience |
Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes — lesson plan using Internet | |||
| Berkeley | Seismicity Lessons online Education resources | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
Teacher's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Geophysics Maps — USGS Open File Report 95-479 (online) | |||
| USGS | San Andreas Fault Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Seismicity | Lesson Plans | High School |
Top Earthquake States — Lists the states with the most earthquakes. The top 10 states are listed, but each state is ranked. | |||
| USGS | Seismicity | Info | General Audience |
USGS Map Catalog: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides — Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards | |||
| USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center | Plate tectonics Maps Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure Seismicity | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
World Seismicity Maps — World seismicity maps. | |||
| USGS | Seismicity Maps | Info | General Audience |
