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Choice: Educational
Sites; Link Sites; Other
Sites of Interest
Educational Sites
National Earthquake
Information Center **** (1)
Includes 'near real time earthquake list.' plus masses of seismic information
both from the U.S. and worldwide courtesy of the U.S.G.S..
Earthquakes in Southern California
**** (2)
Includes some excellent maps of fault locations,epicenters, depth of
hypocenter and much more.
San Andreas and associated
faults looking northwards towards San Francisco and the Bay area.For
free images to download click on the map.
Earthquakes ***
(3)
From the B.G.S. this site includes UK earthquake data, answers to commonly
asked questions about earthquakes, links, and much more.
Discovery
Online *** (4)
Some cool visuals including one illustrating how plate tectonics have
affected the coast of California; plus Greatest Hits, Live Quakes and
much more.
The Worldwide Earthquake
Locator ***
(5)
Includes updated location maps of the world's latest earthquakes and
discusses many of the often asked questions.
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment
Program ***
Includes global seismic hazard map, plus regional maps, plus lots of
reports and other information. Worth a visit even though it closed in
1998.
Understanding
Earthquakes *** (7)
Includes some excellent images with basic text and educational links.
Earthquakes.
The Ground truth *** (8)
A good general educational text on earthquakes.
Earthquake Research Institute
*** (9)
Includes recent worldwide earthquakes with selected more detailed geological
interpretations, such as text and maps of the 1999 Taiwan earthquake.
From the University of Tokyo.
Major Earthquakes
in Taiwan *** (10)
U.S.G.S. location map, text and table of earthquake data from Taiwan.
Seismological
Laboratory ** (11)
Includes access to their preprint collection plus research links.
Plate
Tectonics, the cause of Earthquakes ** (12)
One lecture of a series which explains the cause of earthquakes and
includes some excellent images.
Richter
Magnitude
** (13)
Lecture text explaining the Richter Scale which is used for describing
the intensity of an earthquake.
Mercalli
Scale ** (14)
Lecture text explaining the modified Mercalli Scale of earthquake intensity.
Link Sites
Earthquake
Links
*** (15)
Good link site to all types of earthquake data.
Surfing
the Internet for Earthquake Data *** (16)
Major listing of seismic research sites plus other data.
Geophysical
Organisations
*** (17)
Links to geophysical organisations worldwide.
Other sites of interest
Discovering
Earthquakes
** (18)
Outline text of a possible short course on earthquakes.
USGS:
Earthquakes ** (19)
Excellent basic descriptive text.
Table-Top
Earthquakes
** (20)
How to build and operate an 'earthquake machine.'
Worldwide field evidence
UK
earthquakes, a summary
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program, Europe-Africa-Middle
East
Izmit,
Turkey: Introduction and Damage Survey
China,
Seismic hazard map
Tangshan,
earthquake of 1976
Kobe,
earthquake effects
Kobe,
earthquake images
The
Geology of Japan: Earthquakes
Taiwan
, U.S.G.S. location map, text
and table of earthquake data from Taiwan.
GNS,
Seismological Observatory
California,
Santa Cruz, 1989 earthquake, engineering impact
British
Colombia, Victoria, Earthquake hazard
maps
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