History Earthquake Mythology More Myths and Legends History of Seismology and Quake Measurement A Brief History of Seismology to 1910 Images of Historical Earthquakes   from the Kozak Collection at University of California (including the 'namazu' fish shown here)   Learning About Quakes (overviews & background) Understanding Earthquakes Discovery Channel: Videos, schedule of upcoming shows on quakes New Madrid Fault (Arkansas) teacher's guide Glossary from A Parent's Guide to Earthquakes  by Lucy Jones of USGS   Science of Earthquakes So what's the Richter Scale, anyway? Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes National Earthquake Information Center, data center and archive USGS National Earthquake Information Center Finding an earthquake's location with modern seismic networks Seismology Resources for Teachers Southern California Seismic Network, including a discussion of analog vs. digital seimic stations and the "Did you feel that?" survey on quake intensity.   Personal Perspectives of quake survivors The Exploratorium remembers 1989 The Loma Prieta Quake of 1989 "The Big One:" San Francisco, 1906 Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist (after the 1994 Northridge quake)   Activities Life Along the Faultline:activities developed at The Exploratorium for the 10th anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake in 1989. FEMA for Kids  (that's The Federal Emergency Management Agency), with games and puzzles Southern California Earthquake Center Outreach, by grade levels Network Montana (click on Geosphere)  Includes very cool peanut butter & jelly simulation of geological layering Virtual Earthquake software Virtual Field Trip to the San Andreas Fault Association of Bay Area Governments quiz & puzzles   Projects How to Build a Shake Table More advanced shake table (slotted bolt connection energy dissipator) And another one.  (this one includes two school science projects at bottom of page) Locating Earthquake Epicenters   Related Exploratorium exhibits Resonator Slinky in Hand   Books at the Learning Studio   Videos at the Learning Studio   Web Search Basics   Searching for Quakes Seismosurfing : Geographic directory of institutional URLs Susan Rosenberg's Quaking Home Page Perilous Times Earthquake Page Recent Large Quakes in California updated each week   And finally, not at all scientific but funny: Experience San Francisco!

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