Earthquake Topics — Seismicity
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- Earthquake Density Maps for the United States — Maps of the average number of Earthquakes per year, magnitude 5 and Greater, all depths, for the United States. (USGS)
- Earthquake Density Maps for the World — Maps of average number of earthquake per year, magnitude 5.0 and greater, for the World. Maps are grouped by depth intervals. (USGS)
- Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- Earthquakes in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
- Earthquakes in the United States, Magnitude 7 and Greater — List of earthquakes, by state, magnitude 7.0 and greater. (USGS)
- EQs on the Surface (PDF) — use topo maps, seismicity maps, and fault maps to understand the connection between the surface features, locations of EQs and mapped faults (USGS)
- Evidence for Plate Tectonics-Teaching Box — Collection of interrelated learn concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans. (DLESE)
- Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan (USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center)
- Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Educator Webpages — resources and opportunities for educators (Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS))
- Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity — excellent graphics, animations and activities (Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS)
- Jules Verne Voyager and Jules Verne Voyager, Jr. — an interactive map tool that enables students and scientists to better understand the relationships between geophysical and geological processes, structures, and measurements with high-precision GPS data. These are Javascript based tools. (UNAVCO)
- Largest and Deadliest Earthquakes by Year, 1990 - 2005 — List of the largest and deadliest earthquakes, by year, 1990 -2005. (USGS)
- Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research (USGS)
- Seismic/Eruption — A free program (PC) you can download for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time (SUNY Binghamton)
- Seismicity of the United States — Seismicity maps of the United States. (USGS)
- Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes — lesson plan using Internet (Berkeley)
- Teacher's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Geophysics Maps — USGS Open File Report 95-479 (online) (USGS)
- Top Earthquake States — Lists the states with the most earthquakes. The top 10 states are listed, but each state is ranked. (USGS)
- USGS Map Catalog: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides — Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards (USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center)
- World Seismicity Maps — World seismicity maps. (USGS)
