Earthquake Topics — Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring
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- Animation of P, S & Surface Waves — seismic wave animations (San Diego State Univ.)
- Animations of Seismology Fundamentals — animations illustrating the fundamentals of earthquakes and seismology (Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS))
- Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more! (Purdue Univ.)
- Earthquake Monitoring — explore the history behind earthquake monitoring; list of additional readings and links also included (USGS)
- Earthquakes — slide-show type presentation (Tech Museum of Innovation)
- Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book (W.H. Freeman & Co.)
- Education & Outreach Software — Downloadable software to manipulate seismograms and for visualization. (Binghamton Univ Geological Sciences)
- Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data (Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS)
- John Lahr's Earthquake website — Collection of the author's own activities and publications, and links to other useful tidbits. Especially useful if you have your own seismometer, or want to build one. (USGS Emeritus)
- Quake-Catcher Network — A collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers. (Stanford)
- Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research (USGS)
- Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes (USGS)
- Tracing earthquakes: seismology in the classroom — Reconstructing an ancient Chinese seismograph, a simple wave machine, and investigating earthquake-proof buildings. (Science in School)
- UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered — magnitudes, research, locations, seismic waves, and all the basics explained, as well as preparedness and hazards (UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan)
