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- Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation (Berkeley)
- Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes (USGS)
- Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur. (TASA Graphic Arts)
- 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.)
- Echando Raices en Tierra de Terremotos — Este manual provee información sobre por qué nos deben preocupar los terremotos en el Sur de California, qué debemos hacer para estar seguros y reducir el daño, y también qué debemos saber de lo básico sobre terremotos. (USGS & many other organizations)
- Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan (USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center)
- Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide (USGS)
- GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology) — software you can order that uses real data (Cambrian Systems, Inc.)
- Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data (Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS)
- Plot that Quake! — lesson plan for using the Internet to plot earthquakes over time (Berkeley)
- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - NCA edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness in northern California (USGS & many other organizations)
- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - SCA edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness in southern California (USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC))
- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - Utah edition — Earthquakes and prepardeness in Utah (Utah Seismic Safety Commission)
- Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research (USGS)
- Tracking Earthquakes Around the World — plot earthquakes on map using Internet resources (DiscoverySchool.com)
- Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards. (National Geographic)
