Resources

Webquest created by Mr. Theleman

Here is a list a websites about earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, seismology, and geology. Just click on the link to go to the website. Hopefully you will be able to find the information that you are looking for.

Please send me an email if you find a link that is not working. Put earthquake in the subject line.

A Shaking Record  

   
What is a Seismograph?

The Science of Seismology

How Earthquakes Work

Plate Tectonics, The Cause of Earthquakes

It's Not Your Fault

Plate Tectonics

Frequently Asked Questions

Home Hazards Hunt

The Earthquake Preparedness Handbook

Earthquake Preparedness

Earthquake Safety

Quake: Hazards & Preparedness

Earthquake Safety Council

Earthquakes for Kids & Grownups

Earth's Interior

Recent Global Events

What is Richter Magnitude?

Building Earthquake Safe Structures

Tsunamis and Earthquakes at the USGS 

San Francisco Earthquake

Mississippi Valley: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On  

FEMA for Kids

PMEL Tsunami Project (NOAA)

USC Tsunami Team

Tsunami! (U. Washington)

Pacific Tsunami Museum

The Tsunami Page

NGDC Tsunami Database (NOAA)

Glossary of Tsunami Terms (IOC)

Nature magazine

On the trail of destruction

The Next Wave (California Academy of Sciences)

Tsunami! (Scientific American)

Savage Seas (PBS)

West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Japan Meteorological Agency

International Tsunami Information Center

Sakhalin Tsunami Warning Center

PMEL Tsunami Project (NOAA)

Tsunami Research at Oregon Graduate Institute

Russian Academy of Sciences Tsunami Laboratory

Science of Tsunami Hazards (Journal)

Tsunamis in Mexico (in Spanish)

Tsunami Modeling and Forecasting

Earthquake Information and Links USGS-Menlo Park

Earthquake Information from USGS-Pasadena

National Earthquake Information Center USGS-Golden

Seismosurfing (Univ. Washington)

Resource for Teachers (USGS Open File Report 92-200)

http://iri.columbia.edu/~lareef/tsunami/

http://www.dhisoftware.com/general/News/Tsunami/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/clord/quake/platetect.html

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/clord/quake/stnotes.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_Complete.gif

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Writings/Journalism/sfearthquake.html

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/disasters/earthquake.htm

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/

http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/SEISMICITY/Nuttli.1973/nuttli-73-app.html

http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/earthquakes/

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/quiz/

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/history/history1.html

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/sb_eqs/#Welcome

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/teacher_features/eq_legends.htm

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/information/publications/teacher_features/faults.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/facts.html

http://sln.fi.edu/earth/earth.html

http://www.fcs-net.com/biddled/index.html

http://www.fema.gov/kids/tch_eq.htm

http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/effects-kobe.html

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/Perminfo/question_answer.html

http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/

http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~geodept/earthquakes/shaky2.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89.html

http://quake.ualr.edu/schools/elem.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/seismic-waves.html

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/

http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/earthcrust.htm

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/

http://www.cln.org/themes/earthquakes.html

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr326.shtml

http://whyfiles.org/094quake/index.html

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Rolling_earth/Rolling_earth3.html

http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/earthquakescience/index.html

Earthquake Webquest created by Mike Theleman; Last updated February 12, 2005