Visit these locations as you read Chapter 7 in your textbook:
Cornell University fault animation (with focus and epicenter)
How A Seismograph Works Animation (animation 8.3, W.W. Norton web site)
Savage Earth animation of waves traveling through the earth, both map view and cross section
What is Soil Liquefaction? (University of Washington)
This site includes numerous photographs of the different types of damage that can be caused by a large earthquake: USGS Photographs from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
The old version of The Virtual Earthquake is still on line.
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