Faults & Fault Types
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- 2020-2021 Alaska Peninsual Earthquake Sequence — An ArcGIS geonarrative Storymap describing the three earthquakes along the subduction zone off the south coast of Alaska in 2020 and 2021. (USGS)
- California Subduction Rocks — A photographic field trip to classic subduction-related rocks across northern California. (About Geology)
- Earth Science Course Notes & Graphics — Professor Steve Dutch's excellent online resources for earth sciences with great images for teaching; all the goodies are behind the "Notes" links (Univ. of Wisconsin)
- 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 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)
- Earthquakes 101 "Slideshow" (PDF) — PDF format of a complete PowerPoint show for the basics (USGS)
- Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies (USGS)
- EarthScope Resources for Students & Teachers — Animations, online lectures, visualizations and more, mostly from IRIS. (EarthScope)
- Faults — Photos and graphics of fault types (Univ. of Leeds)
- Focal Mechanisms — Basic explanation for what a focal mechanism is, and how to interpret them. (USGS)
- Garlock Fault Fly-Over — Virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault. Will download a .mov file. (JPL/NASA)
- Geological Processes & Structures — animations of various types (Earth Science Australia)
- How Earthquakes Work — Description of the basics (How Stuff Works)
- IRIS Education and Public Outreach — An amazing collection of excellent education resources for all aspects of earthquakes and seismology with great images! (IRIS - Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology)
- IRIS Education Resources — A multitude of educational resources for earthquake science, from visualizations and animations, to lessons and educational software. Awesome! (IRIS - Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology)
- Living in Earthquake Country: A Teaching Box — 7 lessons with the goal of teaching students about how and why earthquakes cause damage. Explores 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)
- M7.8 Nepal Earthquake, 2015 - A Small Push to Mt. Everest — A large shallow earthquake moves Mt. Everest 3 cm southwest. (USGS)
- ParsQuake — Earthquake education in the global Persian community. (ParsQuake.org)
- Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features — photos (Univ. of Oregon)
- Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and preparedeness for everyone in California (regional booklets available), Utah, Central U.S., Nevada, Oregon, and Alaska (USGS)
- San Andreas Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault (JPL/NASA)
- San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- Savage Earth, The — slick presentation of the earthquake basics with great graphics and animations (PBS)
- SCEC Communication, Education and Outreach — Many excellent resources for Public Education and Preparedness, K-14 Earthquake Education, and Experiential Learning and Career Advancement. Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country downloadable booklets for learning about earthquake hazards and safety recommendations in many different languages and for many different areas of the United States. (Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC))
- Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction, How to Build a Model Illustrating — Three-dimensional, cut-and-paste paper model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction. (USGS)
- Southern California Earthquakes, Faults, Photos & Rupture Movies — all things "earthquake" in southern California (Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS)
- Table-Top Earthquakes — USGS Open-File Report 98-767 (online) (USGS)
- Tectonic Geomorphology: Figures — Figures from the book "Tectonic Geomorphology" by Douglas W. Burbank and Robert S. Anderson (Institute for Crustal Studies)
- 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. (USGS)
- Tohoku, Japan 2011 M9.0 Educational Slides — Educational slides for the 2011 Tohoku,Japan M9.0 Earthquake. (USGS)
- Understanding Quakes — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey (The Why Files)
- Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail Guide — Interactive online trail guide to Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault (USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC))