Earthquake Topics — Locations
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Organization | Topics | Content Types | Level |
Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation | |||
Berkeley | Maps Locations | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes | |||
USGS | Locating Earthquakes Locations | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 |
Discover Our Earth — interactive lessons on earthquake basics, locations, magnitudes and more! | |||
Cornell University | Plate tectonics Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Basics | Lesson Plans Interactive Info Graphics | General Audience 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 Plans Graphics | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
EarthScience Center, The — the USGS consulted on this interactive web-based learning module developed by Logal Software Co,; excellent learning tool for earthquake location, magnitude, distribution and forecasting, Plug-in required that works on PCs and MacOS9 only | |||
USGS & Riverdeep | Seismicity Magnitudes Locations Basics | Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics Fun & Games | High School General Audience College |
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 |
Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide | |||
USGS | Locations Maps | Info | High School General Audience College |
GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology) — software you can order that uses real data | |||
Cambrian Systems, Inc. | Locations | Interactive Graphics | High School College |
Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data | |||
Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS | Magnitudes Locations Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Seismic waves | Interactive Graphics | High School College |
Plot that Quake! — lesson plan for using the Internet to plot earthquakes over time | |||
Berkeley | Locations Lessons online Education resources | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and prepardeness 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 |
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 |
Tracking Earthquakes Around the World — plot earthquakes on map using Internet resources | |||
DiscoverySchool.com | Education resources Lessons online Locations | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards. | |||
National Geographic | Societal Effects Plate tectonics Maps Locations Lessons online | Lesson Plans Graphics Interactive | Middle School Elementary school |