Disaster in the Geosphere

Disaster Project Website Resources:

Here are a few sites to get you started on research, but you will need to do some independent research as well.

 

General Info on Disasters

Earthquake Info

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html

http://www.eeri.org/site/

http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/earthquakes/earthquakes.html

 

Earthquake Prediction

http://emerald.ucsc.edu/~es10/fieldtripEarthQ/EarthQWelcome.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/predict.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/eq_predict.php

 

Volcano Info

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/

http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/volcanoes/volcanoes.html

http://volcanology.geol.ucsb.edu/

 

Volcano Prediction

http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/forecast.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/coping.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/492614.stm

 

Tsunami Info

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/tsunami.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami/

http://www.fema.gov/kids/tsunami.htm

http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html

http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/tsunami_story.html

 

Tsunami Prediction

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami6.htm

http://wave.oregonstate.edu/news/story/1394

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

 

Specific Disasters

 

Earthquake List:

San Francisco, California, 1906

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sfeq.htm

 

 

 

Lima, Peru, 1970

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1970_05_31.php

http://www.iris.edu/seismo/quakes/1970peru/

http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/earthquakes/damage_deadly_1970

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/1970-peru-earthquake-1970-ancash-earthquake.html

 

San Fernando, California, 1971

http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/sanfer.html

http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqpapers/00000017.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1971_02_09.php

http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/LADamStory/

http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001CD/finalprogram/abstract_3482.htm

 

Tangshan, China, 1976

http://history1900s.about.com/od/horribledisasters/a/tangshan.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1976_07_27.php

http://asianhistory.about.com/od/china/a/TangshanQuake.htm

 

San Francisco (Loma Prieta),California,1989

http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/famous/prieta.html

http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89.html

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/faq/1989_0.html

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1999/fs151-99/

http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-29/

 

Los Angeles,California (Northridge),1994

http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/northreq.html

http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/famous/northridge.html

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/office/hudnut/hudnut/nr_eq.html

http://www.vibrationdata.com/earthquakes/northridge.htm

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/ofr-96-0263/

 

Kobe, Japan, 1995

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/effects-kobe.html

http://www.vibrationdata.com/earthquakes/kobe.htm

http://nisee.berkeley.edu/kobe/tobriner.html

http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/kobe/kobe.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1995_01_16.php

 

Kashmir,Pakistan, 2005
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usdyae/

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake2005Pakistan.html

http://www.pakquake2005.com/

http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/famous/2005kashmir.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1483628/Kashmir-earthquake

 

Port au Prince, Haiti, 2009

http://www.rescue.org/special-reports/crisis-haiti?ms=gg_zzzz_zzz_zzzz_kg_11zzzz&gclid=CJKJmY6huqYCFQo75Qodym5eIg

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/photogalleries/100113-haiti-earthquake-pictures/

http://progressinhaiti.org/

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2679&from=rss_home

Volcano List:

Krakatoa, Indonesia, 1883

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Volcano1883Krakatoa.html

http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/Krakatau/Krakatau.html

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Indonesia/description_krakatau_1883_eruption.html

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Krakatau.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/1884sep/sturdy.htm

 

Mt. Pelee, Martinique,1902

http://volcanoes.suite101.com/article.cfm/1902_eruption_of_mt_pelee_west_indies

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Pelee.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/volcanoes/effects.pelee.php

http://www.mount-pelee.com/

 

Kelut, Indonesia, 1919

http://landslides.usgs.gov/learning/majorls.php

http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~csav/gallery/decker/indonesia_kelut.php

https://thegeosphere.pbworks.com/w/page/24742880/Mt-Kelut,-Indonesia,-1919

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0603-28=&volpage=photos

 

Mt.St. Helens, Washington, 1980

http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/ (volcano cam)

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Sthelens.html

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/

http://pubs.usgs.g http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/stratoguide/helenfact.htmlov/gip/msh//

 

El Chicon, Mexico, 1982

http://www.vulkaner.no/v/volcan/latinam/chicon-e.html

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1401-12=

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Mexico/description_mexico_volcanoes.html

http://science.discovery.com/top-ten/2009/volcanic-eruptions/volcanic-eruptions-09.html

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/gases/chichon.html

 

Nevado del Ruiz, Columbia, 1985

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Colombia/Ruiz/description_eruption_lahar_1985.html

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Nevado.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/13/newsid_2539000/2539731.stm

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/stratoguide/nevadofact.html

 

Mt. Pinatuba, Philippines 1991

http://geography.about.com/od/globalproblemsandissues/a/pinatubo.htm

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1997/fs113-97/

http://park.org/Philippines/pinatubo/

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0306aopin.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo

 

Mt. Vesuvius, Pompeii, 79 A.D.

http://geology.com/volcanoes/vesuvius/

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/pompeii.html

http://famouswonders.com/pompeii-the-forgotten-city/

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vmtvesuvius.html

Surtsey, Iceland 1963

http://www.surtsey.is/pp_ens/gen_3.htm

http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa042601a.htm

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article_pf.asp?ID=2275

http://www.vulkaner.no/v/volcan/surtsey_e.html

 

 

Tsunami List:

Messina, Italy, 1908

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1908_12_28.php

http://www.grifasi-sicilia.com/messina_terremoto_1908_gbr.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rescue/peopleevents/pandeAMEX99.html

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953425_1953424_1953399,00.html

 

Japan/Hawaii (Hilo), 1960

http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1994/94_05_20.html

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/historic/chilean60.html

http://www.pdc.org/iweb/tsunami_history.jsp

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Tsunami1960.html

 

Alaska (Prince William Sound), 1964

http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/alaska/1964/webpages/index.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1964_03_28.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake1964Alaska.html

http://www.ce.washington.edu/~liquefaction/html/quakes/alaska/alaska.html

 

Indian Ocean, 2004

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tsunami/

http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/Sumatra.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041226_tsunami.html

http://www.csupomona.edu/~marshall/Ind_Oc_Tsunami_Lec.v4.htm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/