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Prepare - The Earthquake Museum
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So, what happens when an earthquake hits? Display to find out how all these factors interact to produce a unique pattern of damage in each quake. Will give you some idea of your chance of being in a big earthquake. In a given earthquake, different localities will have different amounts of damage. The underlying soils have a lot to do with how well a building will do. This was clearly shown in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. Where adjoining neighborhoods in San Francisco fared quite differently. Install ...
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Bookstore - The Earthquake Museum
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Welcome to the Earthquake Museum Bookstore. We are pleased to offer a selection of the best books we can find on earthquakes and related subjects. Check out our current list of books. Create a free website. Create your own free website. Start your own free website. A surprisingly easy drag and drop site creator. Learn more.
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Causes - The Earthquake Museum
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The Herd of Elephants Theory. Have you ever felt the ground shake as a herd of elephants stampeded by? Has your mom ever told you that you sound (and feel! Like a herd of elephants because you are making the whole house shake? Is that an earthquake? Maybe its just a housequake. Have you ever felt your house shake when a truck drives by? How do they do it? The Nuclear Explosion Theory. On a larger scale an explosion can cause the earth to shake for a considerable distance. Scientists use seismographs.
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Stories - The Earthquake Museum
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Follow these links to learn what it is like to experience an earthquake. These stories are mostly ordinary people who tell, in their own words, what happened to them. If you have been in an earthquake and want to add your. Story to this list, please send it to: Dan Goldstein at dangoldstein@yahoo.com. The Community Internet Intensity Map. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. San Francisco Museum Eyewitness Accounts. Jack London's eyewitness account. 1957 Daly City Earthquake. The Pretty Big One. Dan G...
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Famous Quakes - The Earthquake Museum
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There have been many famous earthquakes throughout history. A few are described in the links below. We will be adding information and exhibits of more quakes as The Earthquake Museum grows. The Most destructive Earthquakes on Record in the World. The US Geological Survey lists the 22 quakes throughout history that killed over 50,000 people by the number killed. 1811 - 1812 New Madrid Earthquakes. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. 1957 Daly City, California Earthquake. 1964 Alaska "Good Friday" Earthquake.
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Study - The Earthquake Museum
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By studying the different kinds of waves as recorded on a seismograph, it is possible to gain a picture of the quake. Here is a live view of a seismograph in action. The mechanism for earthquakes, Plate Tectonics. Scientists have learned much from Loma Prieta quake (San Jose Mercury News 10/14/09). As they mapped the quakes along the San Andreas fault, scientists noticed that near the town of Parkfield. The most well known predicted earthquake was in the Chinese city of Haicheng. One problem with trying ...
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Effects - The Earthquake Museum
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Measuring the Severity of Quakes. The Modified Mercalli Scale. Factors that Affect Damage. Earthquakes cause many different kinds of damage depending on the strength of the quake, distance, type of underlying rock or soil and the building construction. A given Richter reading will produce vastly different amounts of damage in different parts of the world. Even the same quake can have very different effects in neighboring areas. For instance, in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Fires often break out follo...
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Plate Tectonics - The Earthquake Museum
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With examples from different parts of the world. There are also good explanations here of the different plate movements and how they result in different kinds of earthquakes. Extensional, Compressional and Transform faults are explained. Is a publication put out by the US Geological Survey that explains the basics of Plate Tectonics. It explains the evidence that brought scientists to accept this theory. Create a free website. Create your own free website. Start your own free website.
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Book List - The Earthquake Museum
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Earthquake Museum - Book List. The Earthquake Museum Bookstore. Let us know if there are particular titles that you would recommend or want us to carry. You can also search the entire Amazon.com catalog and be assured of the same great prices and outstanding service that Amazon.com is known for. Click on the book title or the graphic next to the desired book. A detailed Amazon.com. Page will appear in a window. You can then order the book thru Amazon's secure server. Geology Books by John McPhee. This bo...