Earthquakes
About Quakes
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About Earthquakes: Frequently Asked Questions
Here we present answers to frequently asked questions about earthquakes
and earthquake hazards, with a focus on western Canada.
California
Has Its Faults
A fault is a fracture along which there is movement. Some faults
are actually composed of several fractures called fault branches.
Collectively the branches are a fault zone.
Faultline:
Why the Earth Shakes
What is it? What could make the normally stable earth move like
this? Exploratorium website.
Savage
Earth: Restless Planet
Though plate tectonics is a global phenomenon and virtually invisible
to us in our daily lives, it introduces enormous stresses in
the crust where we live. From time to time, stressed-out crust
releases the stress in sudden fits: earthquakes.
Southern
California Integrated GPS Network Education Module
Exploring the use of space technology in earthquake studies.
High school level.
USGS Earthquakes
For Kids
Fun and educational activities and information for kids.
Build a
Demo
Candy
Quakes
A lesson plan using a variety of candy which you will quish in
a number of ways to demonstrate forces on earth rocks. Clean
up is the best part.
Science
Fair Project Ideas
Lots of ideas and then links to sites with even more ideas for
science fair or personal investigations.
You
Try It: Plate Tetonics
Take a hard-boiled egg and crack its shell. Does the egg remind
you of anything? The Earth, perhaps? The egg could be seen as
a tiny model of the Earth.
Games
and Puzzles
Earthquake
Crossword Puzzle
To print out or use online, if you have Java. See if you know
how to protect yourself during an earthquake.
Investigating
Earthquakes through Regional Seismicity
Activities such as: Save the fictional village of Pinevale from
earthquake-triggered mudslides while you test your knowledge
of seismology.
Historic
Earthquakes
Largest
Earthquakes in the United States
The largest was the 9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska,
in 1964. Ask your parents if they remember it. Photos may be
disturbing to some children.
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE AND
EARTHQUAKE, 1906
The Great
1906 Earthquake And Fire
April 18, 1906: San Francisco was wrecked by a Great Earthquake
at 5:13 a.m., and then destroyed by the seventh Great Fire that
burned for four days.
The
Great Shake: San Francisco, 1906
John Farish, a mining engineer who was staying at the St. Francis,
one of the city's finest hotels, remembered the very early morning
of Wednesday, April 18, 1906.
Story
of an Eyewitness
Collier's, May 5, 1906. Jack London went to the scene of the
San Francisco Fire & Earthquake and wrote the following dramatic
description of the tragic events he witnessed in the burning
city.
Measuring
Earthquakes
Did you feel
it?
Was that a quake or a truck going by? Sure it was a quake, but
how big was it? Check here.
Homebuilt
Seismograph
Frequently people ask if it is possible for the lay person to
monitor earthquakes as a hobby. The answer is, YES. Is it feasible?
Maybe...
How to Build
an Inexpensive Seismometer
Detailed information on how to build a seismometer that can detect
earthquakes worldwide. This inexpensive design is based microprocessors
and newer chips.
Preparation
Berkeley Earthquake Awareness Review
Good video from UC Berkeley students on how to prepare and react to an earthquake. Though this is for college students, the advice for any teenagers on how to arrange their rooms even in a home is still good advice.
Earthquake
Survival - How to Survive a Devastating Earthquake
The bed shakes a bit at first. An item or two falls over on your
bookcase. And then things start to rumble. Everything around
you that had always been for your pleasure - your TV, your bookcase,
everything that can be moved - is now your enemy.
What's
One Feel Like?
A Child's View
of Earthquake Facts and Feelings
Children's drawings depicting what it felt like during an earthquake
and the feelings they had.
FEMA for Kids:
Earthquakes
Most of the time, you will notice an earthquake by the gentle
shaking of the ground. You may notice hanging plants swaying
or objects wobbling on shelves. Sometimes you may hear a low
rumbling noise or feel a sharp jolt.
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Books About Earthquakes
Fact
Discovering Earthquakes
Nancy Field and Adele Schepige
Nancy Field and Adele Schepige have created a combination textbook
and activity book for young children who live in earthquake-prone
areas. Its combination of information and games informs and soothes.
- Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes: Mind-boggling
Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
by Janice Pratt VanCleave
- Contains 20 simple experiments explaining earthquakes that
kids can do with materials found around the home.
Fiction
Aftershock (Sweet Valley High Special #2
Kate William
Olivia Davidson is dead. Friends and relatives lie in the hospital,
homes have been reduced to rubble, and Elizabeth Wakefield and
Ken Matthews must lay Olivia to rest. Will they have the strength
to pull together and pay tribute to Olivia's memory?
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