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  • Earthquake-news.net: Displays recent earthquakes on a map and tells how strong they were. Also has news and a forum.
  • Earthquakes: Earthquake simulator from the Learning Channel. Includes a list of the top ten quakes, technology, cities at risk, gallery of devastation, and "As the World Churns."
  • Earthquakes: Learn what earthquakes are, how they occur, areas of the world frequented by earthquakes and the theory of continental drift which is often used to explain why earthquakes happen.
  • FEMA for Kids: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. Site includes stories, photos, rap music, games, experiments and quizzes.
  • Life Along the Faultline: Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
  • Savage Earth: Restless Planet: Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
  • Seismic Waves: Basic introduction to seismic waves and how we use them to understand more about the inside of the earth.
  • Shake Table: Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking. Includes classroom photos of the table in action.
  • UCGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Find lots of information on earthquakes. Includes maps of recent activity.
  • Understanding Earthquakes: Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magnitude have occurred in the last five years.
  • USGS: Earthquakes for Kids: Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
  • Virtual Earthquake: An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
  • What's Shaking: Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them.


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