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Earthquake Hazards

Essential Reading

• Earthquakes - an on-line book from the US Geological Survey
• Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
• Animation showing earth movement during an earthquake
• Animations of fault motion
• Seismic Waves, seismographs and seismograms
• Measuring the Size of an Earthquake
• Earthquake magnitude and intensity comparison
• Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (illustrated)
• How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake?

Earthquake Links

Earthquakes in the News and the Media

• BBC Radio 4 - "Costing the Earth": listen to the topical science programme on earthquakes.

Recent earthquakes

• Recent Earthquakes World-wide.
• Recent Earthquakes World-wide (map). Links to earthquake details with seismograms.
• Recent Earthquakes in Great Britain
• Seismicity Maps of the World. Earthquake maps for each continent/region, showing 'quakes over the last 20 years
• Seismo-Watch Home Page

Earthquake software

• Seismic Waves: "A program for the visualization of wave propagation"
• Seismic/Eruption: "A program for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time"
• Download these programs written by Dr Alan Jones

Good general information and on-line courses on earthquakes

• Earth's interior
• Understanding Earthquakes
• Earthquakes and Seismicity
• About earthquakes
• USGS Fact Sheets - Earthquake Hazards
• Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes

How earthquakes work

• Computer animations of aftershocks of Loma Prieta quakes
• Earthquake Storms (BBC Horizon)

Seismic waves and seismographs

• Seismic waves, seismographs and seismograms
• How a seismograph network works
• Seismograph animation
• Drum seismograph
• Modern seismographs

Locating an Earthquake

• Finding an earthquake's location with modern seismic networks

Measuring the size of earthquakes

• Measuring the Size of an Earthquake
• Richter magnitude
• Earthquake intensity (modified Mercalli scale)

Earthquake engineering

• Earthquake Engineering and Risk Reduction
• San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Retrofit/Replacement

Earthquakes and society

• Earthquake Hazards and Preparedness (USGS)
• Public service information on preparing for earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area. A lot of useful practical information on earthquake effects on transport, housing, and public awareness of hazards
• Earthquakes in Nevada and how to survive them
• Pay a Little Now, or a Lot Later
• Other Earthquake Hazards (examples from San Francisco Bay)
  • Dam failure
  • Liquefaction
  • Hazardous Substances
• 'Earthquake risk' from dams
• 1964 Alaska Earthquake radio traffic - a fascinating insight into a major earthquake in a remote area

Forecasting, prediction and mitigation of earthquakes

• Earthquake Prediction Information
• Quake Prediction: Mission Impossible
• Istanbul quake likely by 2030
• Reducing Earthquake Losses Throughout the United States - USGS Earthquake Fact Sheet Series
• Quake Forecasting - An Emerging Capability (USGS)
• Hazard maps help save lives and property (USGS fact sheet)
• Earthquake Hazard Maps. You select the fault and the town, and the web page generates an earthquake hazard map for that part of California. Excellent example of hazard assessment based on detailed local information.
• Satellite laser ranging and synthetic aperture radar
• Radar Interferometry. A promising new satellite method for monitoring earth movements and possibly forecasting earthquakes
• Seeing California Move With Global Positioning Satellites

Particular earthquakes and earthquake-prone regions

• Virtual Field Trip - Hayward Fault, California
• A walking tour of the Calaveras fault in Hollister, California
• The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay Area
• Virtual field trip to San Andreas fault zone
• Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1989 - Virtual Field Trip of Santa Cruz area
• Central California/San Francisco Bay Earthquake Hazards Project

• Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunami Hazard Studies (NW USA and SW Canada)

• Kobe Earthquake, Japan, 1995
• Earthquake effects at Kobe, 1995

• Earthquake Hazard in the UK

This page is maintained by Roger Suthren. Last updated 27 January, 2009 18:27