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100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics. | |||
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Animations & Interactive Animations of Seismology Fundamentals — animations illustrating the fundamentals of earthquakes and seismology | |||
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) |
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Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts — Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts. | |||
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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 |
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Brief History of Seismology to 1910 — brief description of history of seismology | |||
UC Santa Barbara |
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Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? | |||
USGS |
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Continents in Collision: Pangea Ultima — short news piece with images | |||
NASA |
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Cool Earthquake Facts — fascinating earthquake facts | |||
USGS |
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Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation | |||
Berkeley |
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Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes | |||
USGS |
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Downloadable Animations — Animation clips and other geo-educational items | |||
UC Santa Barbara |
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Downloadable Freeware — (Mac only) plate tectonic animations, orogeny, Our Dynamic Planet, Origins of Life | |||
UC Santa Barbara |
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Earth Puzzle — part of a larger publication | |||
Scripps |
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Earth Science Course Notes & Graphics — Professor Steve Dutch's excellent online resources for earth sciences with great images for teaching; all the goodies are behind the "Notes" links | |||
Univ. of Wisconsin |
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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. |
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Earth Science Explorer — virtual museum | |||
NASA |
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Earth Science Lesson Plans — variety of activities from Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology website | |||
Berkeley |
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Earth Science Lessons — lessons developed by an elementary school teacher, but good for all ages, slide-style with color diagrams and photographs | |||
Oregon State University |
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Earth Science World Records — description and graphics of plate tectonics, earthquakes, and more | |||
Extreme Science |
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Earth Sciences Lesson Plans — not really earthquakes, but great lesson plans for K-12 | |||
NESEN - Lessons for Earth Systems Education |
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Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics — overview with good graphics and lots of details | |||
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) |
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Earthquake "Top 10" Lists, Maps & Statistics — Deadly earthquakes, damaging EQs, EQ density maps, world and US statistics, historical EQ lists, largest EQ lists, last EQ in..., significant EQ catalogs, seismicity maps of the world and US. | |||
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Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics | |||
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Earthquake Accounts by Famous People — personal accounts of earthquake experiences | |||
UC Santa Barbara |
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Earthquake Education Services — lesson plans, information on Wasatch Front | |||
Univ. of Utah |
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Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake | |||
Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy — Companion to "Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies" | |||
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Earthquake Hazards on the Island of Hawaii — summary of earthquake hazards in Hawaii | |||
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Earthquake Model — earthquake recurrence, size, and prediction demonstration instructions, brick & sandpaper model | |||
USGS |
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Earthquake Monitoring — explore the history behind earthquake monitoring; list of additional readings and links also included | |||
USGS |
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Earthquake Practice Quiz — online quiz | |||
Florida Intl. Univ. |
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Earthquake Quiz — Online quiz | |||
UC Santa Barbara |
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Earthquake Quiz — online quiz | |||
Univ. of Houston |
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Earthquake Quiz (PDF) — PDF file to print | |||
Teacher Vision |
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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. | |||
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Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS |
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Earthquakes & All Shook Up — design and build an earthquake-proof structure | |||
Newton's Apple |
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Earthquakes in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US | |||
Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies | |||
USGS |
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Earthquakes: The Rolling Earth — slide-show type presentation | |||
Oregon State University |
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Educational Activities — Origami, building models, historical seismologists | |||
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Resources |
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Essentials of Geology Animations — A collection of animations describing concepts of geology | |||
W.W. Norton and Company |
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Evidence for Plate Tectonics-Teaching Box — Collection of interrelated learn concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans. | |||
DLESE |
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Faults — photos and graphics of fault types | |||
Univ. of Leeds |
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Forces of Nature — companion to the "Forces of Nature" IMAX movie about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes; interactive learn plus lesson plans for the classroom | |||
National Geographic |
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Forces of Nature -- Teacher Study Guides — These study guides are mean to complement the giant_screen film "Forces of Nature" | |||
Destination Cinema |
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Garlock Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault | |||
JPL/NASA |
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Geological Online Exhibits — geologic time scale, plate tectonics animation, and more! | |||
UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley |
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Geological Processes & Structures — animations of various types | |||
Earth Science Australia |
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geologylink — geology in the news, links to resources, virtual field trips, virtual classroom | |||
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division |
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Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering | |||
Discovery Online |
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GSA Free Teacher Resources — A good resource for educators that includes lesson plans, info on state standards, awards, and reading suggestions | |||
Geological Society of America |
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How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics | |||
How Stuff Works |
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Human Wave (PDF) — learn about the motions of P & S waves with a fun participating exercise | |||
USGS |
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Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Educator Webpages — resources and opportunities for educators | |||
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) |
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InsideDisaster - The Haiti Earthquake — wholistic view of the effects and response to the Haiti earthquake, both scientific and societal | |||
PTV Productions |
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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 |
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Kid Zone — Games, puzzles | |||
Assoc. of Bay Area Govts.(ABAG) |
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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 |
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Life Along the Faultline — lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California | |||
Exploratorium |
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Listening to Earthquakes — music and earthquakes have something in common! | |||
USGS |
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Living in Earthquake Country-Teaching Box — Explores how and why earthquakes cause damage, seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure. | |||
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Living in Earthquake Country: A Teaching Box — 7 lessons with the goal of teaching students about how and why earthquakes cause damage. Explores seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure. | |||
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Magnitude versus Intensity Lesson (PDF) — classroom lesson to teach the difference between earthquake magnitude and earthquake intensities | |||
USGS |
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Men & Women of Seismology, The — biographies and photos of famous seismologists | |||
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Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker — Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape | |||
PBS |
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Musical Plates — use realtime data to plot earthquakes and solve problems | |||
New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education |
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NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order | |||
National Geophysical Data Center |
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On the Move: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics — description of plate tectonic history and mechanics | |||
NASA |
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One-page Information Sheets on Earthquake Topics — one-page information sheets about various earthquake topics | |||
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) |
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Univ. of Oregon |
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Plate Tectonics, Their Cause — graphics and brief summary | |||
Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Plot that Quake! — lesson plan for using the Internet to plot earthquakes over time | |||
Berkeley |
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Quake-Catcher Network — A collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers. | |||
Stanford |
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Recommended Reading about Earthquakes for Kids and Adults — list of books | |||
USGS |
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Remote-Sensing Seismic Activities — you are the planner, and you have to consider the earthquake hazards and risks | |||
Montgomery Cty Public Schools |
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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 |
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San Andreas Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault | |||
JPL/NASA |
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San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS |
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Schoolyard Geology — Online lesson plans with photos and images. Excellent geologic activities you can do anywhere! Education standards info included. | |||
USGS |
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Science Fair Project Ideas — specific projects with directions and ideas | |||
USGS |
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Science of Earthquakes, The — brief and basic earthquake science concepts | |||
USGS |
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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 |
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Seismic Waves — graphics to explain different types of seismic waves | |||
UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan |
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Seismic Waves — demonstration on different types of seismic waves | |||
Aspire |
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Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes | |||
USGS |
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Seismology Teaching Resources — Educational page with seismo links, diagrams, animations, and other teaching resources. | |||
Arizona State University |
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Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS |
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Shake, Rattle, and Slide — Lessons, activities, and slide shows about earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers. | |||
University of Illinois Extension |
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Shakes & Quakes — Legos and earthquakes | |||
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) |
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Southern California Earthquakes, Faults, Photos & Rupture Movies — all things "earthquake" in southern California | |||
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS |
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Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes — lesson plan using Internet | |||
Berkeley |
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The Richter Scale — An interactive demonstration of calculating the magnitude of an earthquake based on amplitude and S and P wave locations | |||
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
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This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics — excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS |
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Today in Earthquake History — what happened today in earthquake history | |||
USGS |
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Tracing earthquakes: seismology in the classroom — Reconstructing an ancient Chinese seismograph, a simple wave machine, and investigating earthquake-proof buildings. | |||
Science in School |
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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 Institution |
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Try It Yourself Calculator — How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? | |||
USGS |
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Tsunami — Interactive presentation covering the science of tsunamis, preparedness, research, and historical tsunamis. | |||
Woods Hole |
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Tsunami Information for Kids — Brochures, coloring books, and educational links for kids. | |||
NOAA |
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Tsunamis — short news piece with images | |||
The Why Files |
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Understanding Earthquakes — quiz, descriptions and animations | |||
UC Santa Barbara |
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Understanding Quakes — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey | |||
The Why Files |
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Understanding Tsunamis — learn about tsunamis with a model | |||
DiscoverySchool.com |
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UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered — magnitudes, research, locations, seismic waves, and all the basics explained, as well as preparedness and hazards | |||
UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan |
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USGS Maps Booklet — online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS |
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USGS Maps: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides — Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards | |||
USGS |
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Virtual Earthquake & Other Labs — you're the scientist, and you have to locate the earthquake and determine the magnitude | |||
Calstate LA |
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Volcano World's Activities for Plate Tectonics — slide-style coverage of the basics | |||
Oregon State University |
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Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail Guide — Interactive online trail guide to Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault | |||
USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) |
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What on Earth is Plate Tectonics? — excellent presentation with vivid graphics | |||
USGS & U.S. National Park Service |
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Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards. | |||
National Geographic |
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