Earthquake

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Current News Sources:

Sites devoted to news on the topic of this page.

News From Agencies and Associations:

NEIC: Near Real Time Earthquake List

Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada

Western States Seismic Policy Council Current Earthquakes

Official Agency Pages:

California:

Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC)

United States:

Earthquake Information Providers Group (EqIP)

Earthquake Information Network (EQNET)

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Northern California

Seismic Safety Commission

Western States Seismic Policy Council

Western States Seismic Policy Council Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Committee

Other Nations:

Canada:

National Earthquake Hazards Program - NEHP

Associations:

Seismological Society of America (SSA)

Research Institutions:

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering - University of California, Berkeley

Publication Directories:

Seismic Safety Commission Publications

Western States Seismic Policy Council Earthquake Publications

Maps and charts:

California:

California Geological Survey - Seismic Hazards Mapping Program

Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada

San Francisco:

ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information

Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada San Francisco Special Map

National and International:

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Maps

Terminology:

Terrestrial Earthquakes:

Earthquake ABC (for kids and parents)

Earthquake Glossary

Exploring Earthquakes: On-Line Glossary

Glossary of Earthquake and Related Terminology - USGS

Software:

EduShake For one-dimensional, equivalent linear ground response analysis.

Image Sources:

Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916

Portfolio of images of landscape, seascape and faults of the San Francisco Bay area

Materials in the Learning Studio:

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San Francisco Bay Area Local Resources:

Northern California:

UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory - USGS

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Northern California

San Francisco:

Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - USGS

ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information

Other Useful and Interesting Sites::

Acoustics Monitoring Program: Ocean Seismicity

Life Along the Faultline: Life and Science in Earthquake Country - The Exploratorium

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE)

SCIGN Analysis

U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program

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