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Web Sites in Category Earthquakes
Earthquakes - Learn what earthquakes are, how they occur, areas of the world frequented by earthquakes and the theory of continental drift which is often used to explain why earthquakes happen.
Earthquakes - Earthquake simulator from the Learning Channel. Includes a list of the top ten quakes, technology, cities at risk, gallery of devastation, and "As the World Churns."
FEMA for Kids - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. Site includes stories, photos, rap music, games, experiments and quizzes.
Life Along the Faultline - Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Savage Earth: Restless Planet - Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
Understanding Earthquakes - Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magintude have occurred in the last five years.
USGS: Earthquakes for Kids - Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
Virtual Earthquake - An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
What's Shaking - Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them.
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