Course Content
Geosphere: Earthquakes

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Ask a Seismologist: Q&A
John Taber, Quake Trackers, Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand)

The Dynamic Earth
José Rial, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Earthquake Locations
Kevin Robinson, Earth System Science Education, San Diego State University

Earthquakes
Kaye M. Shedlock and Lewis C. Pakiser, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) General Interest Publications

Introduction to Earthquakes and Earthquake Hazards
Charles J. Ammons, St. Louis University

Geologic Hazards: What Are Earthquakes?
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Geologic Hazards: Earthquakes and Their Uses (Seismology)
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Geologic Hazards: Earthquakes: Effects, Great Earthquakes & Seismic Hazard in North America
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Geologic Hazards: Earthquake Prediction: The 1990 Prediction of a New Madrid Earthquake
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Geologic Hazards: Earthquakes
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan

Natural Disasters: Faults, Seismic Waves, and Earthquakes
Thorne Lay, UC Santa Cruz

The Severity of an Earthquake
USGS General Interest Publications

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Life Along the Fault Line
Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception

Looking Back at the Lomo Prieta Earthquake
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, UC Berkeley

Macroseismology
British Geological Survey

Natural Hazards Photographs: Earthquakes
National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NewsOne Video
ABC News

Ten Years After, an Eruption Felt 'Round the World (Mt. Pinatubo)
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Tremor Terrors
Jill Max, Science and Technology News Network

Virtual Geodynamics: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries
Paul Morin, Kent Kirkby et al., University of Minnesota

EXERCISES AND LABS

General Earthquake Information
National Earthquake Information Center, USGS

Kid's Hazards Quiz
National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA

Virtual Earthquake
Gary Novak, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles

RESEARCH & POLICY

CEOS Disaster Information Server
Disaster Management Support Group, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

Earthquake Hazard Centre Newsletter
Commonwealth Network for Earthquake-Resistant Construction in Developing Countries

Earthquakes
British Geological Survey

Journal of Seismology June 1997–January 2002 (abstracts)
Kluwer Academic Publishers

MCEER Bulletin Summer 1999–Fall 2001 (pdfs)
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research

Natural Hazards January 1995–July 2002 (abstracts)
Kluwer Academic Publishers

SeismoSurfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network