Only USGS Links
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100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics. | |||
USGS | Statistics Prediction Basics | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 |
Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts — Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts. | |||
USGS | Education resources Basics | College Elementary school General Audience High School Middle School | |
Become an Earthquake Scientist — What does a geophysicist do? What do you need to study in school to become a geophysicist? What are the opportunities? | |||
USGS | Careers | Info | Middle School High School College |
Big Rocks, Little Rocks (PDF) — use cookies to demonstrate erosion and its effects | |||
USGS | Earth structure | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Big Squeeze, The (PDF) — use crayon shavings to show how rocks are formed from other rocks, heat, and pressure | |||
USGS | Earth structure | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
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 |
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? | |||
USGS | Tsunamis Societal Effects Preparedness & Response 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 |
Casualty (Fatality) Totals, A Note About — One-pager explaining why the numbers vary on different list. | |||
USGS | Deaths from Earthquakes Societal Effects Statistics | Info | General Audience |
Central & Eastern US Fact Sheets, See also — 2-page information sheets for a general audience | |||
USGS | New Madrid Seismic Zone | Info | General Audience |
Coloring Pages to Print — Earthquake-related coloring pages to print out and color | |||
USGS | Basics | Fun & Games Graphics Interactive | Elementary school |
Cool Earthquake Facts — fascinating earthquake facts | |||
USGS | Basics Earthquake facts | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Damaging Earthquakes in the United States (1750 - 1996) — Locations of damaging earthquakes in the United States | |||
USGS | Damage from Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
Deaths from Earthquakes in the United States — Deaths from earhquakes in the United States. | |||
USGS | Deaths from Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety | |||
USGS | Hazards Preparedness & Response Societal Effects | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes | |||
USGS | Locating Earthquakes Locations | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Early History of Seismometry (to 1900), The — history of various instruments throughout the history of seismology | |||
USGS | History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
Earth Egg (PDF) — use eggs to represent the Earth plates, discussions about remote shearing, plate tectonics, and earth structure | |||
USGS | Earth structure Plate tectonics | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Earth's Crust, The — how thick is the Earth's crust? | |||
USGS | Maps Earth structure | Graphics | General Audience College |
Earth's Interior Minerals — how can EQ's tell us what is inside the earth? | |||
USGS | Geology Earth structure | Lesson Plans | Middle School Elementary school |
Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics | |||
USGS | Photos, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Damage from Earthquakes Basics Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Locating Earthquakes Maps Plate tectonics Seismic waves | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow online — preview of the complete PowerPoint show for the basics | |||
USGS | Basics Earth structure Effects, Earthquake Earthquake facts Photos, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Plate tectonics Seismic waves | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Earthquake ABC: A Child's View of Earthquake Facts and Feelings — by kids for kids, with a special section for parents and teachers | |||
USGS | Basics | Info Graphics | Elementary school |
Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds — An examination of strange and unexplained sounds that are sometimes heard accompanying earthquakes. | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake | Info | College General Audience High School |
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 | Graphics Info | General Audience |
Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy — Companion to "Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies" | |||
USGS | Societal Effects Effects, Earthquake Myths Earthquake facts | Info Graphics | General Audience High School Middle School |
Earthquake Hazards on the Island of Hawaii — summary of earthquake hazards in Hawaii | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info | Middle School High School General Audience |
Earthquake Model — earthquake recurrence, size, and prediction demonstration instructions, brick & sandpaper model | |||
USGS | Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction | Info Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Monitoring — explore the history behind earthquake monitoring; list of additional readings and links also included | |||
USGS | Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring History-Earthquakes, Seismology Basics | Info | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Quartet #1 — USGS seismologist Andrew Michael explores both music and audio playbacks of the earth shaking and finds new ways to learn about the earth, earthquakes, musical instruments and music. | |||
USGS | Basics Education resources Forces People Seismic waves | Fun & Games | General Audience |
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. | |||
USGS | Basics Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Paleoseismology San Andreas Fault Seismic waves Trenching | Info | Middle School High School Elementary school General Audience |
Earthquake Statistics — Frequency of different magnitude earthquakes, number of earthquakes per year, etc. | |||
USGS | Statistics Earthquake facts | Info | Elementary school College General Audience High School Middle School |
Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Prediction Seismicity | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics — Explains the theory of earthquakes and plate tectonics. | |||
USGS | Plate tectonics | Info | General Audience |
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 |
Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths since 1900 — List of earthquakes with 1,000 or more deaths since 1900. | |||
USGS | Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
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 |
EQ Fear (PDF) — make a list of common fears and address each one | |||
USGS | Education resources Lessons online Preparedness & Response | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
EQ Kit Treasure Hunt (PDF) — hide EQ kit items around classroom or school and have a treasure hunt | |||
USGS | Education resources Lessons online Preparedness & Response | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
EQ Myths (PDF) — investigate EQ myths; what myths exist and why do people believe them | |||
USGS | Education resources Basics Lessons online Myths | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
EQ Plan (PDF) — discuss a plan for what to do if there is an EQ; especially good for schools in EQ-prone areas | |||
USGS | Education resources Lessons online Preparedness & Response | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
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 |
Fault Features (PDF) — a pan, dirt and some fabric create a model to demonstrate surface features of faults, use the Wallace Creek trail guide to see real fault features, or take a field trip | |||
USGS | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Field trips - virtual, real Lessons online | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide | |||
USGS | Locations Maps | Info | High School General Audience College |
Groundwater Effects from Earthquakes — A description of the potential effects of earthquakes on groundwater and wells. | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects | Info | 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 |
How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction — USGS Open File Report 99-132 (online) This report describes how to build a model of the outer 300 km (180 miles) of the Earth that can be used to develop a better understanding of the principal features of plate tectonics, including sea-floor spreading, the pattern of magnetic stripes frozen into the sea floor, transform faulting, thrust faulting, subduction, and volcanism. | |||
USGS | Plate tectonics Lessons online Education resources Basics | Lesson Plans Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
Human Wave (PDF) — learn about the motions of P & S waves with a fun participating exercise | |||
USGS | Seismic waves Lessons online Education resources | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School Elementary 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 |
Large Plate Puzzle (PDF) — cut a large world map into puzzle pieces along plate boundaries, students discuss individually land then for the whole map after the class puts pieces together; simple but powerful, discussion Q/A included | |||
USGS | Plate tectonics Lessons online Education resources | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School Elementary school |
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 |
Largest Earthquakes by State — List and map of the largest earthquake in each State | |||
USGS | Historic Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
Largest Earthquakes in the United States — Lists and maps of the largest earthquakes in the United States. | |||
USGS | Historic Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 — List and map of the largest earthquakes in the world. | |||
USGS | Historic Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist — USGS Scientist Paul A. Reasenberg candidly discusses earthquake preparedness. | |||
USGS | Societal Effects | Info | General Audience |
Listening to Earthquakes — music and earthquakes have something in common! | |||
USGS | Seismic waves | Interactive | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 Plans Graphics | Middle School High School |
Mantle Motions (PDF) — students act out various mantle motions in a game of fast thinking | |||
USGS | Earth structure Education resources Lessons online | Lesson Plans | Elementary school Middle School |
Measuring the Size of an Earthquake — How the size of an earthquake is measured. | |||
USGS | Magnitudes Locating Earthquakes Intensity | Info | General Audience |
Men & Women of Seismology, The — biographies and photos of famous seismologists | |||
USGS | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Careers People | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, The — A description of the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. | |||
USGS | Intensity | Info | General Audience |
Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World — Earthquakes with 50,000 or More Deaths | |||
USGS | Deaths from Earthquakes | Info | General Audience |
New Madrid Earthquakes 1811 - 1812 — Accounts of the large earthquakes that occurred in the New Madrid area in 1811 - 1812. | |||
USGS | New Madrid Seismic Zone | Info | General Audience |
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 |
Online Coloring Pages — Interactively color earthquake-related pictures | |||
USGS | Basics | Interactive Graphics Fun & Games | Elementary school |
Online Wordsearch Puzzles — Interactive wordsearch puzzles with earthquake-related words | |||
USGS | Basics | Fun & Games Interactive | Elementary school |
PBJ Fault (PDF) — demonstrate the different types of faults with a PBJ sandwich, and then eat it double-decker | |||
USGS | Plate tectonics Lessons online Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Potato Topo (PDF) — use a potato to make a 3-D 'topo map' and understand how it can be represented on a 1-D map, gain experience of maps and scales | |||
USGS | Maps Lessons online Education resources Basics | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Predicting Earthquakes — short overview | |||
USGS | Prediction | Info | General Audience College High School |
Richter Magnitude Scale, The — Description of the Richter magnitude scale. | |||
USGS | Magnitudes | Info | 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. | |||
USGS | Crustal 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, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology San Andreas Fault | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Schoolyard Geology — Online lesson plans with photos and images. Excellent geologic activities you can do anywhere! Education standards info included. | |||
USGS | Geology Maps Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes | Lesson Plans | Elementary school Middle School |
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 |
Science Fair Project Ideas — specific projects with directions and ideas | |||
USGS | Education resources Basics | Info Graphics | Middle School High School Elementary school |
Science of Earthquakes, The — links to various webpages with basic earthquake science info | |||
USGS | Basics | Info | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction, How to Build a Model Illustrating — Three-dimensional, cut-and-paste paper model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction. | |||
USGS | Modeling Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Earth structure Plate tectonics | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
Seismic Seiches — Description and history of seismic seiches. | |||
USGS | Seismic Seiches | Info | General Audience |
Seismicity of the United States — Seismicity maps of the United States. | |||
USGS | Seismicity Maps Hazards | Graphics Info | General Audience |
Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes | |||
USGS | Seismic waves Networks Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Magnitudes Intensity Hazards | Graphics Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Table-Top Earthquakes — USGS Open-File Report 98-767 (online) | |||
USGS | Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Lesson Plans | High School College |
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 |
The Next Big Quake in the Bay Area — Newspaper article about the next big earthquake in the Bay area | |||
USGS | Preparedness & Response | Info | General Audience |
The Parkfield Experiment — attempting to predict a Parkfield, CA earthquake | |||
USGS | Prediction Parkfield | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics — excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
This Dynamic Planet — World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics | |||
USGS | Plate tectonics | Info | General Audience |
Today in Earthquake History — what happened today in earthquake history | |||
USGS | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Earthquake facts | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Toilet Paper Geologic Time Scale (PDF) — use toilet paper to understand the enormous extent of geologic time compared to recent time; timeline included | |||
USGS | Time Information Lessons online Education resources Basics | Lesson Plans | Elementary 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 |
Travel Time Information & Calculator — Choose a seismic station location and a recent earthquake, and see how long it takes different types of seismic waves to travel from the epicenter to your station. Travel time curve and other phase information. | |||
USGS | Locating Earthquakes Earth structure Seismic waves | Interactive | High School College |
Try It Yourself Calculator — How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? | |||
USGS | Magnitudes | Info Fun & Games Interactive | College General Audience High School Middle School |
Tsunami Websites — compilation of websites that provide current tsunami information | |||
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Tsunami Websites — List of websites that provide current tsunami information. | |||
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Understanding Earthquakes Makes for Messy Science — Earthquake processes typically occur tens of miles below the Earth's surface and over geologic time, away from direct observation. Earthquake science, in particular, is often subject to interpretation and bias. | |||
USGS | Preparedness & Response | Info | General Audience |
USGS and Science Education, The — webpages, links, booklets, maps, fact sheets, classroom lessons, etc. online and to order, mostly free | |||
USGS | Basics Careers Education resources Lessons online | Lesson Plans Info | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
USGS General Interest Publications — online and to order on a variety of subjects | |||
USGS | Basics | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
USGS Maps Booklet — online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Basics Maps | Info Graphics | Middle School High School College |
UTC - Coordinated Universal Time — Definition of UTC. | |||
USGS | Time Information | Info | General Audience |
Where are the Fault Lines in the United States East of the Rocky Mountains? — Information on where the fault lines are in states east of the Rocky Mountains. | |||
USGS | Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Hazards Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Info | General Audience |
Who Dunit? and the Law of Superposition (PDF) — solve a crime, and then use those same skills to understand the Law of Superposition (older layers of the earth on bottom) with a fun WhoDunit? investigation and then use your skills to solve a geological mystery | |||
USGS | Trenching Paleoseismology Lessons online Geology Education resources Earth structure | Lesson Plans Graphics | Elementary school |
World Plate Boundaries Animation — World plate boundaries animation. | |||
USGS | Plate tectonics | Info Graphics | General Audience |
World Seismicity Maps — World seismicity maps. | |||
USGS | Seismicity Maps | Info | General Audience |