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Science of Earthquakes. A student doing an experiment in the rock physics lab. Earthquake Animations. A trench dug across a fault to learn about past earthquakes.
55 km S of Adak, Alaska. 2024-11-08 06:50:47 (UTC-08:00) 35.0 km. 4.7.
Activities and materials aimed at making kids more aware of hazard preparedness. Shaking in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. This video presents a visualization of how the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska, shook during the M7.1 January 24, 2016, Iniskin, Alaska, earthquake.
Natural Hazards Data, Images and Education — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order NOAA History-Earthquakes, Seismology
Only USGS Links. 100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics. 2020-2021 Alaska Peninsual Earthquake Sequence — An ArcGIS geonarrative Storymap describing the three earthquakes along the subduction zone off the south coast of Alaska in 2020 and 2021.
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and preparedeness for everyone in California (regional booklets available), Utah, Central U.S., Nevada, Oregon, and Alaska (USGS) Recommended Reading about Earthquakes for Kids and Adults — list of books (USGS)
Susceptibility is delineated in five units from “Very High” to “Very Low” hazard. Roughly one quarter of the San Francisco Bay region may be exposed to liquefaction—the area mapped in the “Very High”, “High” and “Moderate” categories makes up about 25% of the 9-county region.
Discover Our Earth — Portal for teachers and students for learn the basics about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, topography, and sea level changes. (USGS & DLESE) Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure ...
One of the largest earthquakes in the United States. This earthquake injured 6 people and caused property damage estimated at $2 million. Most of the damage occurred east of Fields Landing, where two sections of an overpass on U.S. Highway 101 collapsed onto the railroad tracks below.
The USGS collaborated with educational institutions to put a free curriculum for teaching earthquake hazards on the web (including lesson plans with hands on activities, teacher background, and assessment examples).