EARTHQUAKE LINKS

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/topics.php
Earthquake Topics at USGS.

http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/
National Seismic Hazard Maps.

http://www.data.scec.org/faults/faultmap.html
This website provides detailed information about major active faults in Southern California.

http://www.petrifiedforest.org/virtual.html
This self-guided field trip takes you on a tour of the Santa Cruz region after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

http://rev.seis.sc.edu
The rapid earthquake viewer gives you access to data from worldwide seismograph stations.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov
Explore this extensive Web site's useful links to earthquake basics, activities for kids, historic quakes, preparedness, and much more.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/
Earthquakes for kids

http://edc.usgs.gov
Earth Science Information Center

http://www.aist.go.jp/GSJ/pEQ/photo_f.htm
Photos of faults, primarily Japan (little link).

http://www.cnss.org/
Council of the National Seismic System

http://www.eqnet.org/
Earthquake Info Epicenter

http://neic.usgs.gov
Real-time reports from the National Earthquake Information Center

http://earthquakeadvisor.com/
Safety tips, live quake maps, checklists, photo galleries, resources to retro-fit services, products and more!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/
ShakeMap is a product of the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with regional seismic network operators. ShakeMap sites provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes.

http://www.earthquakecountry.info
Earthquake information from Earthquake Country Alliance and So.Cal. Earthquake Center.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/.
Natural disasters online,  Wildfires, severe storms, floods, volcanic eruptions, and major air pollution events

http://www.earthquakes.com
Global earthquake response center:Bulletins about major earthquakes, preparedness resources and merchandise and annotated seismic links.

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/index.htm
Dept. of Conservation California Geology Magazine's: California has it's Faults.

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/
UC Santa Barbara, understanding earthquakes

http://www.geo.arizona.edu/saso/Info/index.html
Southern Arizona Seismic Observatory
from the University of Arizona Geosciences Dept.

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes
World-Wide Earthquake Locator: Global Earthquake Report
from the University of Edinburgh.

http://geochange.er.usgs.gov
Earth Surface Dynamics

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2231/dfs.html
The Denali Fault System: an interior strike slip structure
responding to dextral and sinistral shear coupling

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data: A consumate collection

http://www.geophys.washington.edu//tsunami/general/physics/earthquake.html
How do earthquakes generate tsunamis

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2004/2848
chronological collection of twenty two earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area.

http://epsc.wustl.edu/~saadia/page2.html
Seismic Film Fest:A series of animations showing simulated earthquakes from seismologists Michael Wysession and Saadia Baquer of Washington University in Saint Louis.

http://www.seismolab.caltech.edu/
Cal Tech's Seismological Laboratory.

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/10maps_usa.html
Browse the largest earthquakes ranked by magnitude and deaths.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/catalogs/
Use KML Files from Google Earth to display real time earthquakes in Google earth.

http://www.sf06simulation.org/geology
Model including features such as faults and underground basins that can divert or concentrate a quakes force.

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/step
24 Hour Aftershock Forecast Map

http://education.usgs.gov
San Francisco Earthquake Centennial Resources 1906, USGS

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/
Introduction to Earthquakes

http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov
National Seismic Hazard Maps

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq4/severitygip.html
The severity of an earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/plates.html#1
FAQs about earthquakes, Faults, Plate Techtonics, and Earth Structure

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/general/measure.html
Information on measuring the size of an earthquake

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/#effects
Information on the effects of earthquakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/meas.html#11
Information on earthquake intensity

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/
Recent earthquake activity around the world

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/qfaults/
Quaternary Faults and fold database of the United States

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/
Recent earthquake activity in the United States

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/states/california/california_history.html
Earthquake history of California

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latestfault.htm
Recent earthquake activity in California-Nevada

http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Geology/webdogs/vftrips/ky/krfx.html
Kentucky River Fault Zone

http://www.aist.go.jp/GSJ/pEQ/eq_top.htm
Active fault map of Kobe, Japan

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3
Fault system and the history of the San Andreas Fault

 http://sepwww.stanford.edu/oldsep/joe/fault_images/BayAreaSanAndreasFault.html
The San Andreas Fault and the S.F bay area from Stanford U

http://geology.about.com/library/weekly/aa091204a1.htm
A look at the creeping segment of the San Andreas Fault in Hollister Hills, CA

http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/VIRTUAL_FIELD/Palmdale/paltext.htm
The San Andreas Fault Zone exposed near Palmdale, courtesy of CSULB

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/seismology/wg02/
Earthquake probability map for San Francisco Bay Area, CA

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2006/16/
Where's the San Andreas Fault? A guidbook to tracing the fault on public lands in the San Francisco Bay Region

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/15/
Putting down roots in earthquake county: Your handbook for the San Francisco Bay Region

http://perry.geo.berkeley.edu/seismo/hayward/seismicity.hist_1906.html
Damage photographs from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake from UC Berkeley

http://www.data.scec.org/faults/faultmap/html
Faults in Southern California

http://quake.usgs.gov/research/geology/turkey/8-25-99.html
Photos of the field investigation of the US Geological Survey, 1999 Scientific Expedition to Turkey to study the Izmit Earthquake

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