Learning Links & Earthquake Activities
- Ancient Earth Globe
View planet Earth at any time in the past 750 million years. Rotate the globe and zoom in and out. Shows how the tectonic plates have moved over time.
- Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts
Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts.
- Be a Hero: Kid's - ready.gov
Activities and materials aimed at making kids more aware of hazard preparedness
- Catalog of Earthquake-Related Sounds
This collection of 21 earthquake-related sounds, prepared by Karl V. Steinbrugge, was originally published in BSSA vol. 64, no. 5 in 1974 and updated with eight additional sounds in 1985. You can listen to individual sounds below by clicking the play button in the audio player next to the recording number, or you can download a Zip file containing MP3 audio files of all the sounds. Most of recorded on the inside of different buildings but some are from outside. (Compiled by Karl V. Steinbrugge)
- Cool Earthquake Facts
fascinating earthquake facts
- Earthquakes
Information on the basics of earthquakes.
- Earthquakes: Seismic Destruction
links to photos of earthquake effects and tsunami effects
- EarthScope Resources for Students & Teachers
Animations, online lectures, visualizations and more, mostly from IRIS.
- Faces of the Earth
4 videos: Building the Planet, Shaping the Planet, Assembling America, A Human World
- Faultline:Seismic Science at the Epicenter
lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California
- Garlock Fault Fly-Over
Virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault. Will download a .mov file.
- How Seismic Waves Affect Different Size Buildings
Houses and short buildings shake differently than tall buildings.
- Improving Earthquake Monitoring with Deep Learning
A Science for Everyone article: Can a deep-learning approach perform better than NEIC?s traditional methods to get more accurate earthquake locations and magnitudes? The NEIC monitoring system is a perfect candidate for deep learning because it processes large amounts of data.
- 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.
- Listening to Earthquakes
music and earthquakes have something in common!
- Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features
photos
- Plate Tectonics Activities
Games, quiz
- Recommended Reading about Earthquakes for Kids and Adults
list of books
- Rocket Rules: Earthquake Materials for Children
Storybooks and accompanying activity books, and videos that include simple activities for learning, for example, how to secure furniture and objects, what supplies should go in a go bag, basic earthquake science concepts, and how to Drop, Cover and Hold On during shaking or when you receive an earthquake early warningincludes simple activities for learning how to secure furniture and objects, what supplies should go in a go bag, basic earthquake science concepts, and how to Drop, Cover and Hold On during shaking or when you receive an earthquake early warning. In multiple languages.
- San Andreas Fault Fly-Over
virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault
- Science Fair Project Ideas
specific projects with directions and ideas
- Science of Earthquakes, The
brief and basic earthquake science concepts
- Seismicity of the Earth 1900?2018 Map/Poster
Poster-sized map illustrating 119 years of global seismicity in the context of global plate tectonics and the Earth?s physiography. Primarily designed for use by earth scientists, engineers, and educators, this map provides a comprehensive overview of strong (magnitude [M] 5.5 and larger) earthquakes since 1900.
- Shaking in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska
This video presents a visualization of how the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska, shook during the M7.1 January 24, 2016, Iniskin, Alaska, earthquake. The building was instrumented by U.S. Geological Survey to obtain data to study its behavior and performance during strong shaking. Such data is useful to make decisions for improving the building's performance.
- Shaking of Frontier Building - Anchorage, Alaska, During Mw7.1 Earthquake, January 24, 2016
This video presents a visualization of shaking that was recorded in the Frontier Building in Anchorage, Alaska, during the Mw7.1 earthquake, January 24, 2016, Iniskin, Alaska.
- The HayWired Scenario: An Urban Earthquake in a Connected World
An ArcGIS geo-narrative storymap with compelling images showing the effects and consequences possible in the next large earthquake on the Hayward Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication
- Today in Earthquake History
what happened today in earthquake history
- Tsunami
Interactive presentation covering the science of tsunamis, preparedness, research, and historical tsunamis.
- Tsunami Education
Links to educational materials, warning centers.
- Watch Buildings Move During Earthquakes
Real videos of buildings shaking during real earthquakes, and some re-creations.
