Links to Earthquake/Tectonic Sites
- Beginner's Guide to Plate Tectonics
- Central Washington
University GPS Geodesy - measurements of tectonic plate motion using GPS in the
Pacific Northwest. Includes information about PANGA, the Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
collaborative project
- Big Trouble
In Earthquake Country - use on-line earthquake hazard maps and other relevant
geological information to assess hazards to life and property associated with hypothetical
earthquakes of various magnitudes
- This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tetonics - complete text and figures from this book published by the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS)
- Earthquakes and Plate
Tectonics - the USGS National Earthquake Information Center explains how they're
connected
- Earthquake
Information from the USGS in Menlo Park, CA - daily and weekly quake reports,
geophysical information on earthquakes, and other background information
- EarthScope - exploring the structure and evolution of the North American continent
- EarthWaves -
provides information on earth changes including earthquakes, volcanoes, ozone depletion,
and predictions of future earth change events
- Fact
Sheet: Earthquakes - identifying potential hazards ahead of time and advance planning
can reduce the dangers of serious injury or loss of life from an earthquake. From the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Global
Earthquake Response Center
- GPS Time Series - measurements
made with the Global Positioning System are sensitive enough to detect motion of the
Earth's tectonic plates
- Homeowner's Guide - information about dealing with disasters
- Introduction
to Plate Tectonics
- Lithoprobe Seismic Atlas of Canada
- View deep crustal seismic data from across Canada
- Memento
Mori - an interface to the earth. This java applet displays streaming seismographic
data measured continuously from the Hayward Fault near the University of California at
Berkeley
- NASA's Earthquake Research - links to ongoing NASA research
- New Mexico Bureau of
Mines Earthquake Education - information, links, and resources about earthquakes
- Ocean Seismicity Theme Page -
ocean seismicity from hydroacoustic monitoring
- PALEOMAP Project
- view the Earth in paleogeographic maps as it has changed through time as a result of
plate tectonics and continental drift
- Plate Boundary Observatory - geodetic component of EarthScope
- Plate Tectonics - information, links, and resources about earthquakes
- Plate
Tectonics Is Expansion Tectonics - scientific discourse on the theory of Expansion
Tectonics courtesy of Karl W. Luckert
- Southern California Earthquake Hazards Program - rapid-response peak ground acceleration and velocity
maps prepared for a diverse audience
- Safety Insurance - links to natural disaster preparedness sites
- San
Andreas Fault and the Bay Area - images and general information
- San Andreas Fault Field Trip
- pictures and commentary
- San
Andreas Fault - USGS publication
- Southern California Integrated GPS Network education module
- Strong Motion
Database - fast and easy access to earthquake strong ground motion records
- Syzygy -
earthquake newsletter
- Tectonic Evolution with Weldon
Beauchamp - tectonic evolution of the Atlas Mountains, North Africa
- Tectonic Plate Motion - the focus
is on the NASA/GSFC Analysis Group results from SLR.
- TriNet - the
system of sensors, recorders, and computers that is used to monitor earthquakes in
Southern California
- Understanding Earthquakes -
contains general interest earthquake information
- USGS National
Earthquake Information Center - general information on global seismicity including
current earthquake information
- Virtual
Earthquake - an interactive site designed to introduce you to the concepts of how an
earthquake epicenter is located and how the Richter magnitude of an earthquake is
determined
- Wavelet resources
- Zhaobo's Wavelet Seismic
Inversion Lab
