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Near Real Time Earthquake List is the best source for the latest USGS data today adn the past week. Can you find a better way on the Web or on Television that gives so much information as it happens? 

Earthquakes 101 a complete overview of what is happening.

 Breaking News Events 

South Asian Earth Quake 7.6 magnitude October 08, 2005

USGS special web page Magnitude 7.6 PAKISTAN October 08, 2005  find out the time in your time zone and in other places around the world.

Earth Observatory satellite image 13192 of the affected area on October 8. This IT resource was received on October 12 at 1:11 pm. Also view this image 19193 for the landslide. "Not only is the landslide itself a hazard, but it covers the convergence between two small rivers, which may trigger future floods as the water finds new paths around the earthen dam."

BBC web pages

1. In Depth - South Asia Quake
2. Overview: Quake aftermath,  
3. Reporters' log- Latest updates
4. Reporters' Log- Earthquake Oct 8
5. Reporters' Log- Earthquake Oct 9
6. Reporters' Log- Earthquake Oct 10
7. Escape from the epicentre
8. South Asia

CNN special web pages,
survivors describe shock,
Frustration over aid delivery,
Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000,
S. Asia a hotbed for earthquakes

Yahoo.com special web page

CBC indepth Pakistan,
Canada to give at least $300,000 for deadly Pakistan-India quake,
Rescuers hunt for South Asia quake survivors,

Canada.com special web page

Globe and Mail Quake aid balloons  Kashmir relief effort could heal deep rifts 

October 12, 2004 NASA image of Parkfield, CA, and the notes that predicted it. 

October 8, 2004 Mindoro, Philippines 6.5 Mag.

IRIS Seismic Monitor of the World - updated every 30 minutes, also note the UTC and the sun's light and shadow updates.

Earth Observatory Image of Bam, Iran, showing the 2000 year old mud citadel. (December 27, 2003) 

Earth Observatory Image of Mag 7.9 earthquake to South Central Alaska - November 3, 2002

Yahoo.com/news on current earthquakes and seismology

Map of recent Alaska activity 

CBS Interactive - Understanding Earthquakes using Flash Player, many visual aspects of Earthquakes are presented.

CNN  Earthquake shakes Alaska November 4, 2002
also look at the history of major earthquakes java link.

CBC Campobasso, Italy,  October 31, 2002

CNN New Tremour Hits Italian Town November 1, 2002

National Geographic Earthquakes

8.0 earthquake rocks Japan's northern island CNN 2003 0925 Double Quakes

Yahoo.com/news on current earthquakes and seismology

The Richter Scale 

USGS National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Database on current and general earthquake data, as well as station codes and coordinates.

USGS Northern California - Real time quake information and maps, other links 

USGS US Geological Survey

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Northern California

Wonderful PBS site presenting the volatility of the earth's crust and geological phenomena which occur as a result - excellent production.

Go for the link to the Savage Earth section on Earthquakes. Check the animations on Faults and Waves. Look at the Quick Time video of The 1989 Loma Prieta quake from a chopper.
The main page is Savage Earth

Advanced Research link
Search all PBS Teacher Source online
choose the third button

Seattle Washington, 6.8, February 28, 2001 read a reflection by a student who survived Seattle in 2001.

Strength of People, Gujarat, India, January 2001

Earthquake in Turkey, 1999
many buildings collapse - lessons learned

Advanced Research link
Search the data files of PBS News Hour -
type in the word earthquake in the quote box then click on go

More Resources

CBC-TV Forces of Nature - Earthquakes

Earthquakes NASA Earth

Yahoo group listing for Earthquakes   News - Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Smithsonian "Earthquakes and Eruptions" sample photos from the CD.

The Aftershocks - An Introduction to Earthquakes is a Thinkquest 3 project on the topics: "What to do in an earthquake?", "Plate Tetonics", "Faults" and "What is an earthquake?"  The site is prepared by students.

New IT hyperlinks added October 28, 2002

FEMA for Kids
Great new sight for elementary and middle schools.  Many fun items such as Shake With The Quake Story, The Northridge Earthquake, Earthquake Disaster Math. The home page is FEMA for Kids.

Yahoo.com search results for earthquakes

Yahooligans.com page on /Plate Tectonics/Earthquakes/

Earth's Core

Harvard Gazette New region discovered at Earth's center, Sept. 26, 2002

USGS What on Earth is Plate Tetonics? 
Something extra: Using earthquakes to discover the core 
Detailed version - This Dynamic Earth 
Action at the edges an Earthquake

"Hotspots"- Mantlethermal plumes Volcanoes

Understanding plate motions