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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.
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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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