Understanding Earthquakes



Earthquake Quiz

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-- Four questions (and answers) to test your knowledge of earthquakes

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Rotating Globe

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-- Earthquake locations on a rotating globe

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Famous Earthquake Accounts

By Mark Twain, Jack London, Charles Darwin, and John Muir

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How Earthquakes Occur

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-- View the gradual buildup of stress that leads to earthquakes

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History of Seismology to 1910

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-- A history of seismology to 1910

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Links

Other Educational and Earthquake Web Sites

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