Current earthquakes

National Earthquake Information Center Current Earthquake Information

Earthquake shaking potential for California

EARTHQUAKES AND EARTH STRUCTURE: Geology 100, U of Nevada at Reno

Table of Contents
Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
Seismic Waves
Richter Magnitude
Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan
Modified Mercalli Scale - Earthquake Intensity
Earth's Interior

Earth's interior structure

The Geodynamo (rotation of the core and modeling of the earth's magnetic field)
The Earth's Real Inside Story: Modulating the Geodynamo
Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics
How do scientists know what is in the earth's core?
American Geophysical Union - articles on properties and dynamics of the solid earth
Earth's core spins independently of the rest of the planet
Earth's inner core has distinct layers
Global seismic tomography - a snapshot of convection in the earth
Large-scale structure at the core-mantle boundary
Redefining the core-mantle boundary

Probing the geodynamo (article from Scientific American)
The core-mantle bounday (another article from Scientific American)
On the core-mantle boundayr (from Science eek)

U.S. Geological Survey - Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

About Earthquakes
Earthquakes - General Interest Publication
Reducing earthquake losses throughout the US -  averting surprises in the Pacific Northwest
World Seismicity Maps
This Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]
USGS Taking the Earth's Pulse - Understanding Earthquake Hazards Around the World (Fact Sheet 103-97)
A virtual tour of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake in Google Earth

USGS National Earthquake Information Center: Earthquake Information for the World
NEIC: GENERAL SEISMICITY INFORMATION
NEIC: OTHER EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION SOURCES

Other sources on earthquakes and seismology

Global earthquake explorer - downloadable software
World-Wide Earthquake Locator
IRIS seismic monitor - realtime monitoring of global earthquakes
Measuring earthquakes

Measureing the size of an earthquake
Earthquake magnitude scales
More on earthquake magnitude scales


Why are there so many earthquake magnitude scales?
Magnitude definitions used by the National Earthquake Information Center
The Richter magnitude scale
Earthquakes and earth's interior - from University of Missouri
The University of Nevada Reno, Seismological Laboratory
U. of Nevada at Reno - Earthquake Information
Seismo-surfing the Internet
Caltech Seismo Lab Home Page
Animations of seismic wave propagation - Washington University at St. Loui
IMSA Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

 On Shaky Ground - Table of Contents
On Shaky Ground - Distance
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Personalizing the Earthquake Threat
Averting Surprises in the Pacific Northwest
When Will the Next Great Quake Strike Northern California?
San Andreas Fault and San Francisco Bay area

Earthquake effects in Kobe, Japan

Kobe earthquake: an urban disaster

1999 Earthquakes in Turkey and the North Anatolian Fault

The U.S.Geological Survey expedition to Turkey following the August 1999 earthquake
Maps comparing the North Anatolian fault with the San Andreas fault

Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault
Animations of changes in stress with earthquakes in the Anatolian fault zone
(Click on individual animations to make them go)

Earthquake hazards in California

The San Andreas Fault
Images of the San Francisco Bay area with faults
USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake
Studying the Setting and Consequences of the Earthquake
Southern California Earthquake Center

Putting down roots in earthquake country



New Madrid seismic zone

Recent earthquakes in the central U.S.
Uncovering hidden hazards in the Mississippi valley
The New Madrid fault system
Neotectonics of the New Madrid Seismic Zone
New Madrid Fault Zone (from Univ. of Arkansas)
U.S. Geological Survey fact sheet on the New Madrid Seismic Zone


SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY EARTHQUAKE CENTER
Central U.S. Earthquake History
The Virtual Times: The New Madrid Earthquake

Evaluating the hazard in mid-America

Earthquake hazards in Utah

University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Utah's Earthquake Threat

Personalizing the Earthquake Threat (including faults and earthquakes in Utah and other Rocky Mountain states)