Chapter 15-Earthquakes

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general information on earthquakes
Benioff zone
Benioff zone illustration
earthquake engineering
housing loss modeling
earthquake engineering home page
earthquake engineering-IDEERS
earthquake engineering-Berkeley, California
living on shaky ground
earthquake hazards
earthquake shaking hazard maps
earthquake hazard center
USGS-earthquakes hazards program
USGS-earthquake hazards-northern California
earthquake links
earthquake maps and information
northern California earthquakes
seismo-surfing the Internet
understanding earthquakes-links
understanding earthquakes-more links
National Earthquake information Center
earthquake maps
recent earthquakes-USA *
earthquake maps
earthquake maps and lists
earthquake maps on the web
Iris seismic monitor *
central USA earthquake map *
Pacific Northwest earthquake map *
southern California earthquake map *
seismic hazards maps
map of world earthquakes *
earthquake predictions
earthquake prediction homepage
prediction based on electrical signals from ground
Parkfield-earthquake prediction
earthquake prediction with acoustic emission
earthquake prediction-online
earthquake predictions-animal behavior
animal behavior prediction of earthquakes-major article
animal behavior observed in China
earthquake preparedness
prepare a home earthquake plan
earthquake preparedness handbook
preparedness links
earthquake survival
home quake safety toolkit
USGS-earthquake preparedness information
earthquake terminology
glossary-earthquakes
USGS-earthquake glossary
earthquake terminology *
earthquake terminology-2
earthquake image glossary-*
elastic rebound
earthquakes and elastic rebound theory
elastic rebound
Reid’s elastic rebound theory
elastic rebound animation *
epicenter
earthquake epicenter map
earthquake terminology *
earthquake epicenter-Peru
how to locate epicenter *
how to locate earthquake epicenter
what’s an earthquake?
focus
earthquake focus illustration *
focus and epicenter illustration *
earthquake focus-Power Point
earthquake-animation
earthquake terminology
what is an earthquake?
history of seismology
history of seismology
liquefaction and thixotropy
Bay area liquefaction information
earthquakes-liquefaction
liquefaction susceptibility map
liquefaction map-Washington state
soil liquefaction web site *
locating earthquakes
How do I locate an earthquake’s epicenter? *
How to locate an earthquake’s epicenter
virtual earthquake
Mercalli scale vs. Richter scale
modified Mercalli scale *
earthquake intensity *
modified Mercalli intensity scale
modified Mercalli intensity scale-2
understanding the Mercalli scale *
Richter scale-Canada *
Richter magnitude
How are earthquakes measured?
plate tectonics and earthquakes
USGS-earthquakes and plate tectonics
earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics
plate tectonics-the cause of earthquakes
plate tectonics-New York
understanding plate motion
seismic waves: P, S, and surface waves
seismic waves
photo glossary of earthquake terms *
seismic deformation *
virtual earthquake
waves in the earth
What are seismic waves?
seismological organizations
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Seismological Society of America
seismology resources for teachers
seismology resources for teachers ***
seismometers
seismographs
seismometers-Tucson area
seismology lab exercise
make your own seismogram
Southern Arizona Seismic Observatory
sounds of an earthquake
earthquake sound
audio sound of an earthquake
listening to earthquakes
earthquake related sounds
tsunamis (seismic sea waves)
tsunamis and seismic sea waves
How do earthquakes generate tsunamis?
tsunamis
physics of tsunamis
surf’s up
tsunami warning system
tsunami from asteroid impacts
tsunamis in the Atlantic ocean
Papua tsunami
Welcome to tsunami

earthquakes-current-USA
Alaska earthquake map-last 14 days
California earthquake map-last 14 days
USA and Canada earthquake map-last 14 days
Alaska and Canada earthquakes-last 14 days
California and Nevada recent earthquakes *
Los Angeles area recent earthquakes
San Francisco area recent earthquakes
Long Valley caldera, California recent earthquakes

earthquakes-current-outside USA
recent earthquakes of special interest
Canada earthquakes-last 14 days
Central America earthquakes-last 14 days
South America earthquakes-last 14 days
World seismicity-current
World seismicity-USGS
World earthquake map-last 14 days

earthquakes-USA
     Alaska
history of Alaska earthquakes
1964 Alaska earthquake
March 27, 1964 Alaska earthquake
Alaska Earthquake Information Center *
     Arizona
Arizona Earthquake Information Center
earthquake history in Arizona
USGS-earthquake information for Arizona
Arizona earthquakes, 1830 to 1998
Southern Arizona Seismic Observatory
     Appalachians
earthquakes in Maryland
     California
fault slip simulation
recent notable California earthquakes *
California earthquake museum
California Geological Survey-earthquakes
USGS-living with earthquakes in southern California
northern California earthquakes
southern California earthquakes
     California-Loma Prieta
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Earthquake Museum-Loma Prieta earthquake
Loma Prieta compared to San Francisco
     California-Northridge
1994 Northridge earthquake
facts on Northridge earthquake
Northridge earthquake-major article
USGS-Northridge earthquake
Northridge aftershocks
     California-San Andreas Fault
aftershock locations
USGS-San Andreas information
plate boundary along San Andreas fault
earthquakes-San Andreas fault
San Andreas fault-Parkfield
USGS-San Andreas fault *
     California-San Fernando
ground effects-San Fernando earthquake
intensity map-San Fernando earthquake
crushed ambulance
San Fernando earthquake-1971
San Fernando 6.6 earthquake
Los Angeles dam story
San Fernando earthquake
     California-San Francisco
The great 1906 earthquake and fire
The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay area
USGS-1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
San Francisco earthquake links
     Illinois
Illinois earthquake history
1968 Illinois earthquake
     Missouri
New Madrid earthquakes-last 14 days
the Great New Madrid earthquake *
     Nevada
USGS-earthquake information for Nevada
Las Vegas region seismicity map *
map of Nevada earthquakes- *
map of Nevada earthquakes-2 *
Reno earthquakes
link to Sierra Nevada activity
recent earthquakes in Nevada and California
Reno-Carson City earthquakes
     Oklahoma
2003 earthquake swarm-Oklahoma
Oklahoma earthquake catalog
Oklahoma earthquakes-changing map-*
     Pacific Northwest
averting surprises in the Pacific Northwest
earthquake prediction
earthquake map-Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest earthquakes
Pacific Northwest Seismographic Network
recent earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest
Mondo quake in the Pacific Northwest?
Pacific Northwest earthquake damage
     South Carolina
Charleston earthquake
Charleston earthquake 1886
Charleston earthquake photos
lessons from the Charleston earthquake
seismic zones-Charleston earthquake
     Wyoming
volcano monitoring at Yellowstone National Park
west Yellowstone earthquake area
Yellowstone earthquake map
     largest USA earthquakes
list of largest USA earthquakes- *

earthquakes-outside USA
     Kobe, Japan
Kobe earthquake: an urban disaster
earthquake effects in Kobe, Japan
Kobe earthquake photos
Kobe 1995
     Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City earthquake page
earthquake damage, Mexico City
     world-wide distribution of earthquakes
map of world-wide distribution of earthquakes
IRIS-seismic monitor of world’s earthquakes *

earthquake damage
     bent metal structures
bent rebar
     destroyed buildings
brick building destruction
destroyed house-1
collapsed concrete car shelter
damaged building supports
fascia on buildings destroyed
collapsed building
     lowest floor destroyed
first floor damaged
first floor supports damaged
     rockfalls and landslides
earthquake cracks
rockfall
earthquake landslides