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Seismograms from the M7 earthquake near the Loyalty Islands on November 19, 2017. Graphic from the IRIS Data Center (ds.iris.edu/spud/eventplot/14570840).

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Earthquakes

Reading

Read and study chapter 11

Notes and Handouts

Notes on earthquakes (PDF file)

Presentation files

--Nothing available at this time. Consult the notes available via the link above.--

Smart Figures

11.5 — Elastic rebound: https://goo.gl/ooefwf

11.10 — Principle of the seismograph: https://goo.gl/IuclEa

11.12 — Body waves (P and S waves) versus surface waves: https://goo.gl/y6owpc

11.14 — Two types of surface waves: https://goo.gl/5nRPa8

11.19 — USGS Community Internet Intensity Map: https://goo.gl/Pdseso

11.28 — Turnagain Heights slide caused by the 1964 Alaska earthquake: https://goo.gl/35qQXQ

11.29 — Tsunami generated by displacement of the ocean floor: https://goo.gl/3Iphb3

11.30 — Tsunami generated off the coast of Sumatra, 2004: https://goo.gl/b8OPkN

Vocabulary to learn

Consult your textbook or lecture notes for definitions. Remember that the best general source of definitions in geology is the AGI Glossary of Geology.

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Study Questions

Earthquakes (html file)

Questions about earthquakes (docx file)

Questions about earthquakes (pdf file)

Videos, animations, visualizations, etc.

IRIS animations about earthquakes

Pacific Northwest vs Japan: Similar tectonic settings
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/pacific_northwest_vs_japan_similar_tectonic_settings
Earthquake Early Warning: Pacific Northwest subduction zone
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/earthquake_early_warning_pacific_northwest_subduction_zone
GPS Measures Deformation in Subduction Zones: Ocean/continent
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/gps_measures_deformation_in_subduction_zones_oceancontinent
IRIS Ground Motion Visualizations of recorded data from actual earthquakes
http://ds.iris.edu/ds/products/gmv/
IRIS tutorial on viewing Ground Motion Visualizations of data from actual earthquakes recorded by the USArray, accessible via
https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/usarray_visualizations_tutorial_on_viewing
IRIS animations about earthquakes, GPS, LiDAR, and other interesting tidbits
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#type=1/language=1
IRIS videos about earthquakes, et cetera
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#type=8/language=1
IRIS interactive resources about earthquakes, et cetera
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#type=10/language=1
IRIS educational software about earthquakes, et cetera
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#type=7/language=1
IRIS lessons about earthquakes, et cetera
http://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/search#type=4/language=1

Tohoku (Japan) earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster, 11 March 2011

Earthscope's event page, with links to multiple resources
http://www.earthscope.org/science/geo-events/m9.0-tohoku-japan-march-11-2011
Japan's tsunami, how it happened (46:56)
https://youtu.be/TPHl3P-FedM or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPHl3P-FedM&feature=youtu.be&nohtml5=False#t=1546.778287782
Tsunami Japan, Big Wave (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/gNQXkd1iLTE

M7.2 Baja California 4 April 2010

Seiche in swimming pool, M7.2, Baja California EQ 4 April 2010 (2 minutes 10 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0t2r_NuX-k&feature=related (found on the web by Sarah Staats)

M8.8 Chile 2010

Raw hotel security camera footage (2 min 14 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c--DeiBirKM (found on the web by Peter Winchell)

M7 Haiti, 12 September 2010

360 degree video of the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.html (found on the web by Cory Schmunsler)
Haiti EQ caught on tape http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6094180n (found on the web by Kasidy Kersey)
US Embassy in Haiti, security camera (1 minute 48 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79S-6UqGCbU&feature=related (found on the web by Amy Welch)
Plamera Market during Haiti earthquake http://vodpod.com/watch/2974987-haiti-earthquake-video-inside-super-market (found on the web by Robin Zapotocky)

Sumatra Tsunami, 2004

Boxing Day tsunami, Indonesia (5 minutes 58 seconds) https://mail.baylor.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=d28a43b5bdaa40b898c3915e89da49b0&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dRDOuwMj7Xzo%26feature%3demail (found on the web by Ben Pittner)

Loma Prieto, California

Northern California, October 17, 1989 (Loma Preito) and Taiwan, September 21, 1999 (48 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-62Ti5_6s (found on the web by Holly Renner & Katherine McMordie)
California Earthquake (Loma Prieto) (1 minute 2 seconds) http://youtube.com/watch?v=FW-TkpvKPl0 (found on the web by Blake Clark, Will Sharman, Andrea Hauge)
Earthquake destruction, from National Geographic, about Loma Prieto (2 minutes 22 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtBXTvtFaCU (found on the web by Morgan Bridges, Kirsten Rude, Jesse Ross)

Kobe, Japan

Kobe EQ motion in a store, from security cam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJPS4lokxtw&feature=related (found on the web by Taylor Felty)

Miscellaneous

EarthScope Cascadia EQ animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQES0ALjUoI
Earthquake video from National Geographic http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/inside-earthquake.html (found on the web by Emily Gorham)
National Geographic earthquake 101 video http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/earthquakes/earthquake-101.html (found on the web by Jay Olivares)
Shake Out visualization http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6502948 (found on the web by Aaron Meche
Hayward fault scenario visualization (1 minute 16 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKpH8_Uh_3s (found on the web by Michelle Singleton)
Video of the Chino Hills quake from Incycle Bicycles in San Dimas (20 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLrDm45I-o&feature=related (found on the web by Allison Fisher)
Earthquake animations and movies from McGraw-Hill publishers http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072402466/student_view0/chapter16/animations_and_movies.html# (found on the web by Taylor Fletcher)
TERC collections of earthquake visualizations, etc. http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1005/es1005page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization (found on the web by Taylor Fletcher)
Some good visualizations of earthquakes
- Visualization of the deployment of the Transportable Array: http://anf.ucsd.edu/stations/deployment_history.php
- Active Earth computer kiosk display: http://www.iris.edu/about/ENO/aed.htm or contact Patrick McQuillan at mcquillan@iris.edu
  A sample display can be viewed at http://www.iris.edu/activeearth/index.phtml?code=AGU2007
- Earthquake visualizations: http://www.iris.edu/hq/earthquake_animations
- Earthquakes (yellow dots) recorded as the USArray seismographs (red dots) were deployed, 2005-2008 ((USArray_time_progression_v5_sml.mov) by Debi Kilb of the Scripps Visualization Center (siovizcenter.ucsd.edu) 5.6 MB
- Earthquake visualizations and visualization tutorial from IRIS: http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach/visualizations
- The visualization of the M6 earthquake near Wells, Nevada, february 2008: http://www.iris.edu/hq/usarray_animations/movies/Event_2008_052_14_16_02.mov

Humor

Funny fake earthquake (35 seconds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-4N4Iuzo8E (found on the web by Michelle Singleton)

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