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General
Interest Publications
Earthquakes
overview
Putting
Down Roots in Earthquake Country "Earthquakes
are inevitable, but the damage from earthquakes is not" - handbook
released to Southern Californians in October 1995
US Earthquakes
annual earthquake catalog for U.S.A. & trust territories
Seismicity
of the United States, 1568-1989 history of the
principal earthquakes in the United States from 1568 through 1989
The Great 1906 San
Francisco Earthquake reports, interpretations,
and photos
Selected
References on Earthquakes includes the following:
- General
- Specific Earthquakes
- Prediction
- Preparedness
- Catalogs, Maps and Posters
- Audiovisual Aids
- Instructions for Obtaining U.S. Geological
Survey Publications
GeoFacts
collection of geology and earthquake facts and trivia
Geologic Time
discussion of how geoscientists determine age of rocks on the earth
The Interior of the
Earth description of earth's crust, mantle, and
core
Our Changing Continents
introduction to paleogeography, the study of changes in the
earth's surface
The San Andreas Fault
What? Where? When? Why? read all about it!
The
Severity of an Earthquake understanding intensity
and magnitude
Plate
Tectonics Publications
This
Dynamic Earth - the Story of Plate Tectonics
How
to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
Subduction
Zone and Crustal Dynamics of Western Washington: A Tectonic Model
for Earthquake Hazards Evaluation
Bulletins/Circulars
Order the following from:
| USGS Info Services |
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National and International Topics:
C1079 Goals, opportunities, and priorities for the USGS Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Program. 1992
C1188
An Assessment of Seismic Monitoring in the United States: Requirement
for an Advanced National Seismic System. 1999.
C1193
Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States
from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999.
2000.
- Western US Topics:
- B324 The San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906,
and their effects on structures and structural materials.
1907
B2027 The Lyman Hawaiian earthquake diary, 1833-1917.
1992
C491 Alaska's Good Friday earthquake, March 27, 1964, a preliminary
geologic evaluation. 1964
C1045 Lessons learned from the Loma Prieta, California, earthquake
of October 17, 1989. 1989
C1053 Probabilities of large earthquakes in the San Francisco
Bay region, California. 1990
C1067 Program for earthquake hazards assessment in the Pacific
Northwest. 1991
C1116 Earthquake research at Parkfield, California, 1993 and
beyond; report of the NEPEC working group to evaluate the Parkfield
earthquake prediction experiment. 1994
C1187
Surviving a Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan; 1999.
(PDF)
P 1500-K-R. Assessment of regional earthquake hazards and risk
along the Wasatch Front, Utah, edited by P. L. Gori and W. W.
Hays, U.S. Geological Survey. 2000.
- Eastern US Topics:
B494 The New Madrid earthquake. 1912
C985 The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake; a
1986 perspective. 1986
C1066 Tecumseh's prophecy; preparing for the next New Madrid
earthquake; a plan for an intensified study of the New Madrid
seismic zone. 1990
C1083
Responses to Iben Brownings prediction of a 1990 New Madrid,
Missouri, earthquake. 1993
Other
Sources of Earthquake Information
1994
Northridge Earthquake Products
Earthquake
Probabilities for the San Francisco Bay Area
EQNET - Earthquake
Information Network
Ten
years after the Loma Prieta Earthquake
Publications
& Research Products from USGS at Pasadena
Earthquake bibliographies:
Natural Hazards
Center, Univ. of Colorado
Seismosurfing
- Earthquake data sources
SeismoLinks
- earthquake information sources
GEOREF - Searchable
database of USGS Authored Publications
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