Earthquake Hazards Program
Information on earthquake activity, earthquake science, and earthquake hazard reduction with links to news reports, products and services, educational resources for teachers, glossary, and current U.S. earthquake activity map.
(Score: 2.070)
Earthquake: Did you feel it?
Project to collect information about ground shaking associated with significant earthquakes. Provides a questsionnaire to fill out what you felt following an earthquake in the United States or in other countries.
(Score: 2.070)
Hazards
Links to USGS activities in the natural hazards theme area, such as floods, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes. Also links to USGS factsheets on hazards.
(Score: 1.380)
Western Region geologic information
Links to geologic information on western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon including information on coastal and marine geology, mineral resources, earthquakes, landslides, earthquake hazards and geologic maps.
(Score: 1.335)
Earthquake Hazards Program - Central and Eastern U.S.
Information on earthquakes in central and eastern United States with links to earthquake monitoring, published products, recent earthquake information, discussion group, and current projects.
(Score: 1.287)
Earthquake information by region
Information on earthquake activity, maps, lists of significant earthquakes, earthquake preparedness, and earthquake research arranged by region.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthquake information by topic
Information on earthquakes by topic including faults, tsunami, seismic waves, and plate tectonics.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthquake search
Search interface allowing searches of earthquake databases by various parameters including date, depth, intensity, area, and magnitude and download data in a variety of formats.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthquakes
Online booklet on earthquake history, earthquake occurrences, measuring earthquakes, causes, relationship of volcanoes and earthquakes and earthquake prediction.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthquakes for kids
Links to various earthquake projects, facts, science fair ideas, earthquake science, becoming an earthquake scientist, image glossary, earthquake facts, and puzzles and games for children.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthquakes: Frequently Asked Questions
Links to information sites that answer a wide variety of questions (FAQs) about earthquakes, such as dictionary of terms, earthquake activity and probablilities, common myths, faults, plate tectonics, and earthquake measurement techniques.
(Score: 1.000)
Geologic hazards
Links to global information on earthquake, geomagnetic, volcanoe, and landslide hazards plus dynamic maps, images, seismic maps, and geomagnetic data.
(Score: 1.000)
Real-time seismogram displays
Description of seismograms and how they are produced by drum recorders and electronic instruments with real-time seismograms for Northern California and Long Valley, California and representative seismograms for types of earthquake activity.
(Score: 1.000)
Taking the Earths pulse: understanding earthquake hazards around the world
Description of the development of a network of seismometers that record earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and nuclear explosions throughout the world to monitor natural and technological events that threaten our planets population.
(Score: 1.000)
The U.S. Geological Survey Ocean Bottom Seismometer Facility
The Ocean Bottom Seismometer facility provides technical support for a variety of scientific investigations ranging from deep crustal structure to gas hydrate and surface sediments.
(Score: 1.000)
What is an Ocean Bottom Seismometer?
Description and uses of the Ocean Bottom Seismometer; a self contained data-acquisition system which free falls to the ocean floor and records seismic data generated by airguns and earthquakes.
(Score: 1.000)
Earthquake Hazards Program - Southern California
Site for the Southern California Earthquake Hazards Program with links to latest quake information, real-time earthquake maps and shaking maps, general information, hazards and preparedness, research, networks, and earthquakes for kids.
(Score: 0.969)
Definition:
Sudden movement of the earth’s crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]
