Learning Links & Earthquake Activities

• 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.

• Watch Buildings Move During Earthquakes
  Real videos of buildings shaking during real earthquakes, and some re-creations.

• 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.

• 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.

• San Andreas Fault Fly-Over
  virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault

• Be a Hero: Kid's - ready.gov
  Activities and materials aimed at making kids more aware of hazard preparedness

• 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.

• 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.

• Cool Earthquake Facts
  fascinating earthquake facts

• Earthquakes: Seismic Destruction
  links to photos of earthquake effects and tsunami effects

• Plate Tectonics Activities
  Games, quiz

• Tsunami
  Interactive presentation covering the science of tsunamis, preparedness, research, and historical tsunamis.

• Science of Earthquakes, The
  brief and basic earthquake science concepts

• Today in Earthquake History
  what happened today in earthquake history

• Science Fair Project Ideas
  specific projects with directions and ideas

• Listening to Earthquakes
  music and earthquakes have something in common!

• This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
  excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication

• Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features
  photos

• Faces of the Earth
  4 videos: Building the Planet, Shaping the Planet, Assembling America, A Human World

• Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts
  Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts.

• Recommended Reading about Earthquakes for Kids and Adults
  list of books

• 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)

• Tsunami Education
  Links to educational materials, warning centers.

• Earthquakes
  Information on the basics of earthquakes.

• EarthScope Resources for Students & Teachers
  Animations, online lectures, visualizations and more, mostly from IRIS.

• How Seismic Waves Affect Different Size Buildings
  Houses and short buildings shake differently than tall buildings.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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