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USGS photo by C.E. Meyer, showing rescue efforts at Santa Cruz's Garden Mall following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Question
As an employee of the California Geological Survey, you are to answer the question: Are there some places in California that are more safe from earthquake damage than others?

Task

1. Research the question by viewing the links provided below:

2. Write two or three paragraphs summarizing what you found out about the danger of volcanoes to Californians. Use some of the pictures provided in the links below.

3. Now create a brochure , PowerPoint, or website to present the dangers of volcanoes to California

Links

ABAG Earthquake maps and information- Bay area governments page. Be sure to see the MAPS page

Fact Sheet on Earthquakes- Australian government overview of earthquakes

Earthquake Hazards Program- Northern California

Fault Animations- See examples of the different typesof Earthquake faults

Faults of Southern California- includes clickable mapes

Groundshaking Hazard Map for the US- USGS map

HIstoric San Francisco Bay Area Earthquakes

Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist- How does a seismologist view the risks of living in California?

Living in Earthquake Country

Next Big Earthquake- A newspaper article written after the Loma Prieta earthquake

Plate Tectonics of Southern California- Map the 20th Century earthqukes shown on this page and examine the map to see what areas seem isolated from earthquakes

PBS Savage Earth- General presentation of earthquakes

Recent California and Nevada Earthquakes- An online map showing recent earthquakes

Reducing Earthquake Hazard in the United States

San Francisco Earthquake probabilities map

Seismic Hazard Zone Maps Index

USGS Earthquakes Hazards page

Virtual Earthquake- A high school/college level tutorial

 

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