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- Animation of P, S & Surface Waves — seismic wave animations (San Diego State Univ.)
- Animations & Interactive Animations of Seismology Fundamentals — animations illustrating the fundamentals of earthquakes and seismology (Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS))
- 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.)
- Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics (USGS)
- 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)
- Education & Outreach Software — Downloadable software to manipulate seismograms and for visualization. (Binghamton Univ Geological Sciences)
- How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics (How Stuff Works)
- Measuring the Size of an Earthquake — How the size of an earthquake is measured. (USGS)
- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country - Central US edition — Earthquakes and preparedeness in the Central US (USGS)
- 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 preparedness 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)
- 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)
- Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes (USGS)
- Travel Time Information & Calculator — Choose a seismic station location and a recent earthquake, and see how long it takes different types of seismic waves to travel from the epicenter to your station. Travel time curve and other phase information. (USGS)
- Virtual Earthquake & Other Labs — you're the scientist, and you have to locate the earthquake and determine the magnitude (Calstate LA)
