Earthquake Topics — Shaking
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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 Info Lesson Plans | 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 Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno | Effects, Earthquake Basics Photos, Earthquake Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Shaking | Graphics | 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 |
Hazards 101, Earthquake — The basics of how the USGS National Earthquake Hazard Maps are made. | |||
| USGS | Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Forces Hazards Shaking | Info | General Audience College |
High Quality Earthquake Animations — Simulations of earthquake ruptures that were run on the supercomputers at Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research | |||
| USGS | Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Modeling Seismic waves Shaking | Graphics | High School General Audience College |
Making a Shake Table — discussion and lesson plans | |||
| Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) | Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Shaking | Lesson Plans | High School College |
Shakes & Quakes — Legos and earthquakes | |||
| Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) | Lessons online Shaking Education resources Engineering, Earthquake | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
