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Earth Science
Links
Earthquakes
/ PEPP/USESN
/ Volcanoes /
Educational Sites
/ Indiana
National
Web Sites
- The USGS
Earthquake Information Page. USGS (United States Geological
Survey) main site for earthquakes: Includes real time maps of earthquake
activity and seismogram displays (under "Latest Quake Info"),
hazards and preparedness, and research.
- The USGS
Earthquake Hazards Program educational link, with activities,
information, research, and what-to-do-if... for kids, adults and teachers.
Includes an area where you can report the effects of an earthquake
in your region, or see the reports of earthquake intensity in other
areas. A must-see!
- IRIS
Homepage (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology):
Lots of stuff, including their newest info on their Education &
Outreach Program.
- National
Earthquake Information Center: by the USGS and the World
Data Center for Seismology, Denver. Earthquake searches, seismograph
station locators, the catalog of routine mining seismicity, and much
more.
Current
Earthquake Information From the USGS
Finding
Earthquakes by Region
Real-time
Displays
Examples
of Seismic Events
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Archive of Interesting events from
the PNSN Webicorder Displays. Mostly earthquakes, but some human activity
and anomalies such as surface sediment debris flows and ice activity
on Mt. Ranier. Don't miss the Swift Reservoir Power Canal Collapse
- what happens when 800 million gallons of water breaks loose!
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Experience a Virtual Earthquake!
As close as you can get to a real quake while on-line. Make sure your
sound is turned on, and click the "Experience a Virtual Earthquake"
button in the middle of the page. Enjoy!
- MTU
Volcano Page Michigan Technological University's Volcano
Page. Very nifty site, with pictures of ice and mud "volcanoes",
many web links, and a volcano humor section.
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Alaska Volcano Observatory: A joint
program of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Geophysical
Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAFGI), and the State
of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS).
- Cascades
Volcano Observatory A USGS site with photo archives and
the live "Volcano Cam", updated every 10 minutes for your
veiwing pleasure.
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Volcano World From the University
of North Dakota, a site with a great volcanic events archive and the
ever popular "Volcano Mall", for all your volcano needs.
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Here are some interesting pictures from Hawaiian
volcanoes. Taken by Ben Sambrano in 1989, with a short
descriptive text matched to great photos (including the kind you would
send on to insurance companies for claims on your car for "incineration
and burial due to lava-flow"!)
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