Disaster in the Geosphere

Virtual Earthquake Activity

• Virtual Earthquake
  

Earthquake Exploration Activity

• Understanding Earthquakes
  
• Earthquakes for Kids
  
• Tsunami!
  

Anatomy of a Volcano Activity

• Anatomy of a Volcano
  
• Melting Rocks
  

Mt. St. Helens

• http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/framework.html
  
• http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/
  

Nevado del Ruiz

• http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/Lahars/RuizLahars.html
  
• http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/stratoguide/nevadofact.html
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevado_del_Ruiz
  
• http://www.brookes.ac.uk/geology/8361/1997/adela.html
  

El Chichon, Mexico 1982

• http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/Gases/chichon.html
  
• http://www.vulkaner.no/v/volcan/latinam/chicon-e.html
  
• http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1401-12=
  
• http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/5236/el_chichon.htm
  

San Fernando 1971

• http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/usa/1971_02_09.html
  
• http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/sanfer.html
  
• http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqpapers/00000017.htm
  
• http://www.air-worldwide.com/_public/html/air_currentsitem.asp?ID=882
  

San Francisco, 1989 (Loma Prieta Earthquake)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loma_Prieta_earthquake
  
• http://www.olympus.net/personal/gofamily/quake/famous/prieta.html
  
• http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89.html
  
• http://emerald.ucsc.edu/~es10/fieldtripEarthQ/EarthQWelcome.html
  
• http://seismo.berkeley.edu/faq/1989_0.html
  
• http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1999/fs151-99/
  

Los Angeles, 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
  

Japan/Hawaii Tsunami 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-geology.ucdavis.edu/~sumner/Teaching/GEL116f00/tsunami2.html
  

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
  

Pakistan, 2005

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake
  
• http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2005/usdyae/
  
• http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake2005Pakistan.html
  
• http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/latest/pakistan_08102005.htm
  

2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

• Wave that Shook the World
  
• December 26,2004 Sumatran Tsunami
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami#2004_-_Indian_Ocean_tsunami
  

Earthquake prediction

• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/predict.html
  
• http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/eq_predict.html
  

Volcano prediction

• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/forecast.html
  
• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/coping.html
  
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/492614.stm
  

Tsunami Prediction

• http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami6.htm
  
• http://iri.columbia.edu/~lareef/tsunami/
  
• http://wave.oregonstate.edu/news/story/1394
  

Volcanoes

• http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html
  
• http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes
  
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano
  
• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes
  
• FEMA for Kids:  Volcanoes
  
• Volcano World
  
• Discover Our Earth:  Volcanoes
  
• National Geographic Nature's Fury:  Volcanoes
  

Earthquakes

• Virtual Earthquake Activity
  
• http://earthquake.usgs.gov
  
• http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
  
• http://www.eeri.org
  
• http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  
• FEMA for Kids:  Earthquakes
  
• USGS Earthquakes for Kids
  
• Discover Our Earth:  Earthquakes
  
• National Geographic Nature's Fury:  Earthquakes
  
• Institute for Crustal Studies:  Earthquakes
  

Tsunami

• http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/
  
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/tsunami
  
• FEMA for Kids:  Tsunami
  
• National Geographic for Kids: Killer Wave Tsunami
  
• NOAA:  Tsunami the Great Waves
• NASA Observatorium: Tsunami the Big Wave
  
• University of Washington: Welcome to Tsunami