Earthquake Topics — Societal Effects
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- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire — An online exhibit of information and images from the 1906 earthquake and fire. (Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley)
- 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Visualizations — This collection presents links to images, films, panoramas and animations about the earthquake and fire. (Carleton College/NAGT materials)
- Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? (USGS)
- Casualty (Fatality) Totals, A Note About — One-pager explaining why the numbers vary on different list. (USGS)
- Coastal and Marine Geology Program — All 35 coastal States and the island territories experience coastal erosion. Balancing the competing needs of citizens, government, industry, and the environment. (USGS)
- Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety (USGS)
- Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy — Companion to "Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies" (USGS)
- Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies (USGS)
- Forces of Nature -- Teacher Study Guides — These study guides are mean to complement the giant_screen film "Forces of Nature" (Destination Cinema)
- Groundwater Effects from Earthquakes — A description of the potential effects of earthquakes on groundwater and wells. (USGS)
- Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist — USGS Scientist Paul A. Reasenberg candidly discusses earthquake preparedness. (USGS)
- 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)
- National Tragedy, Global Response Lesson Plan — explore how different people on local, national and international levels respond to a destructive natural disaster and the needs of its victims and how various facets of the media cover such an event, focusing specifically on the earthquake that deva (New York Times Learning Network)
- Remote-Sensing Seismic Activities — you are the planner, and you have to consider the earthquake hazards and risks (Montgomery Cty Public Schools)
- Transforming California: Landforms of the San Andreas Fault — PowerPoint presentation of digital images (60.7 Mb) exploring the landforms found along the San Andreas Fault. Designed for classroom use with a complementing narrative for each slide. One of the many Earthtrip Virtual Field Trips to explore. (Paleontological Research Institution)
- Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards. (National Geographic)
