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Japan Earthquake

The Japan Earthquake shifted Earth's mass resulting in a shorter day.

New Madrid Mystery

New Madrid Mystery: Why do large earthquakes occur far from an active plate boundary?

Tsunami Causes

What Causes a Tsunami? Learn how plate motions trigger earthquakes and tsunamis.

Giant Shake Table

World Record Shake Test: A six-story wood-frame condo survives a hard shaking.

San Andreas Fault Map

Google Map of the San Andreas Fault: Zoom in to see the fault trace on a satellite image.

Draw Plate Tectonics

Teaching Plate Tectonics with Easy-to-Draw Illustrations: Most students love to draw. Take advantage of that!

Earthquake Maps

California Earthquake Maps: A collection of isoseismal maps for earthquakes in California.

Are You Covered?

Homeowner's Insurance Does Not Cover Earthquakes: The typical homeowners policy does't cover natural hazards.

If it is not grown, it is mined.

Earthquake Lessons

Earthquake Lesson Plans and Activities: Links to resources to help K-12 teachers prepare for teaching about earthquakes.

San Andreas Fault

What is the San Andreas Fault? Map, photos and description of the fault by Dr. David Lynch.

Sun & Moon Triggers?

Can the Sun and Moon Trigger Faults? Minute stresses might be triggers.

Fault Behavior

San Andreas Fault Behavior: Trenching studies reveal fault behavior.

Cities Moved by Quake

South American cities move during earthquake.

South American Cities Moved by Earthquake: Some moved ten feet westward.

New Madrid Concerns

New Madrid Seismic Zone: An earthquake hazard review for the NMSZ.

Seismic Zone in TN

The Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone: Where faults do not cut the surface.

Oil is found first in the mind.

Newest Earthquake Items

Recent Worldwide Earthquakes >4.5M From USGS

Mag	Location	Date
4.5	Greenland Sea	05/25/12
4.8	Kermadec Islands Region	05/25/12
4.6	Tonga Region	05/25/12
5.0	Norwegian Sea	05/25/12
4.8	Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan	05/25/12
4.7	South Island of New Zealand	05/25/12
5.0	Norwegian Sea	05/25/12
4.7	Norwegian Sea	05/24/12
6.2	Norwegian Sea	05/24/12
4.9	Andaman Islands, India Region	05/24/12
5.1	Neuquen, Argentina	05/24/12
4.7	Offshore Atacama, Chile	05/24/12
4.6	Near North Coast of New Guinea, P.N.G.	05/24/12
4.6	Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan	05/24/12
4.5	Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra	05/24/12
4.5	Izu Islands, Japan Region	05/24/12
4.6	Atacama, Chile	05/24/12
4.7	Halmahera, Indonesia	05/24/12
5.6	Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge	05/23/12
5.9	Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge	05/23/12

Elastic Rebound

Elastic Rebound Theory and how it applies to earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault.

Virginia Earthquakes

Earthquakes in Central Virginia: Central Virginia experiences an earthquake every year or two.

Pacific Earthquakes

Pacific Earthquake Triggers: Subduction zone core samples reveal earthquake triggers.

Sumatra Earthquake

2004 Sumatra Earthquake was one of the deadliest in history because of sediment deposits.

Japan Tsunami

Tsunami of Unexpected Power: Unusual fault movement gave Japan's tsunami more "punch".

Tohoku Earthquake

Tohoku Earthquake: New data on the mechanics of Japan's March, 2011 M9.0 earthquake.

The present is the key to the past.

Earthquake News

NetQuakes: "NetQuakes strong-motion instruments enable seismologists to collect extensive...

Deadly Earthquake in Italy: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake killed several people and...

Earthquake Cycles: “Our study describes a methodology to assimilate geologic,...

2010 Chile Earthquake: Ecosystem Impact: Science on MSNBC.com has an article that explains...

Surface Displacement Map: Sendai Earthquake: The Nevada Geodetic Laboratory has a map showing...

Wyoming Quarry Blast: A seismic event in Wyoming that USGS reported...

Money Needed for Earthquake Warning System: USGS has developed a working “Shake Alert” system...

Earthquake Frequency

San Andreas Quake Frequency: Earthquake frequency might be higher than previously believed.

Ground Deformation

Deformation Mapping by GPS and satellite for the 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapha Earthquake.

Geology underlies it all.