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- Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? (USGS)
- Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety (USGS)
- 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 Education Services — lesson plans, information on Wasatch Front (Univ. of Utah)
- Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
- Earthquake Science Explained — A series of short articles for students, teachers, and parents originally published as weekly features in The San Francisco Chronicle. This USGS General Information Product presents some of the new understanding gained and scientific advances made in the century since the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. (USGS)
- Earthquake Unit — six challenges with lesson plans, online activities, and links to resources about the basics, earthquake probabilities, preparedness, earthquakes in the past, and seismic waves (San Francisco USD)
- 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)
- Forces of Nature -- Teacher Study Guides — These study guides are mean to complement the giant_screen film "Forces of Nature" (Destination Cinema)
- Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering (Discovery Online)
- GSA Free Teacher Resources — A good resource for educators that includes lesson plans, info on state standards, awards, and reading suggestions (Geological Society of America)
- Hazards 101, Earthquake — The basics of how the USGS National Earthquake Hazard Maps are made. (USGS)
- HAZUS — Natural Hazard Loss Estimation Methodology (FEMA)
- Inside Geology - Chapter 10: Earthquakes — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries (Houghton Mifflin Company College Division)
- Living in Earthquake Country-Teaching Box — Explores how and why earthquakes cause damage, seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure. (DLESE)
- Natural Hazards Center — resources concerning hazards mitigation and disaster preparedness (University of Colorado)
- NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order (National Geophysical Data Center)
- 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)
- Seismicity of the United States — Seismicity maps of the United States. (USGS)
- Seismology Teaching Resources — Educational page with seismo links, diagrams, animations, and other teaching resources. (Arizona State University)
- Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- Tour of the Site of the Loma Prieta Earthquake — virtual field trip (UC Santa Cruz)
- Understanding Quakes — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey (The Why Files)
- UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered — magnitudes, research, locations, seismic waves, and all the basics explained, as well as preparedness and hazards (UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan)
- Visualizations of Geologic Hazards — Visualizing the Earth, its processes, and its evolution through time is a fundamental aspect of geoscience. The use of visualizations - diagrams, images, animations, maps, and more - is an essential tool in helping students to visualize the Earth and its processes. (Carleton College/NAGT materials)
- Where are the Fault Lines in the United States East of the Rocky Mountains? — Information on where the fault lines are in states east of the Rocky Mountains. (USGS)
