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Posted: December 2002
Title: Denali Earthquake Oct. 23 and Nov. 3, 2003
Contributed by: Patty Craw, DGGS
Text: Aerial view of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Richardson Highway, looking north.... (more)

Posted: December 2002
Title: Freshman Engineering Student Seismometer Design Project
Contributed
by: Tom Boyd
Text: At the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), as part of the required Engineering Practices...(more)

Posted: November 2002
Title: Denali Earthquake Oct. 23 and Nov. 3, 2002
Contributed by: USGS
Text: Fault scarp near Augustana Creek, just west of Delta River...(more)

Posted: October 2002
Title: Denali Earthquake Oct. 23, 2002
Contributed by: Wesley K. Wallace
Text: This is a high-altitude view eastward along the main strand of the Denali fault,...(more)

911 Seismograms

Posted: October 2002
Title: Seismograms of Terror
Contributed by: Lynn Sykes, Paul Richards, Won-Young Kim, Jeremiah Armitage, Klaus Jacob and Art Lerner-Lam
Text: Under ordinary conditions, seismologists focus their observations on understanding...(more)

Posted: October 2002
Title: Earthquake Rattles New York State!
Contributed by: S. Hellman
Text: Students of earth science are taught that earthquakes occur primarily along the boundaries of Earth's tectonic plates...(more)

scarp photo

Posted: September 2002
Title: Large Recent Fault Scarp in Southern Colorado
Contributed by: Tom Boyd
Text: Seismological recordings of earthquakes have only been made for a little over a hundred years...(more)

Posted: September 2002
Title: Boris Galitzin and his electromagnetic seismograph
Contributed by: Tom Boyd
Text: Galitzin, an inventor and prince in the Russian Empire, was the first to develop a seismometer...(more)

Posted: August 2002
Title: Drilling of SAFOD Pilot Hole Nearing Completion
Contributed by: SAFOD
Text: The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) is a comprehensive proposal to drill...(more)

Boils
Posted: August 2002
Title: Sand boils created in the January 6, 2001 Bhuj, India earthquake (moment magnitude 7.6)
Contributed by: C.P. Rajendran
Text: Such features are caused by soil losing its internal cohesion ...(more)
Posted: July 2002
Title: 1999 Venezuelan landslide
Contributed by: IRIS PASSCAL Instrument Center
Text: Landslides are a widespread and major geologic hazard...(more)
first seismogram
Posted: July 2002
Title: The First Seismogram from a Distant Earthquake
Contributed by: John Taber and USGS
Text: Seismology is a fairly young science; recordings of earth motion...(more)
Coalinga Picture
Posted: June 2002
Title: Coalinga Quake, 1983
Contributed by:
Text: At 4:42 p.m, PDT May 2, 1983, a strong earthquake...(more)

QuickTime Movie
Posted: May 2002
Title: P wave animation
Contributed by: John C. Butler
Text: An abbreviation for primary wave, P waves are body waves which cause contraction and expansion as they travel through a material. P waves are the fastest of all seismic waves. Watch this QuickTime movie to see P wave action.
Posted: April 2002
Title: Seismologists deploying IRIS PASSCAL broadband instruments on Mount Erebus, Antarctica
Contributed by: Rick Aster
Text: Erebus is one of a very few continuously active volcanos in the world and hosts a unique lava lake...(more)
Posted: March 2002
Title: Great Alaska Earthquake , 1964
Contributed by:
Text: This great earthquake and ensuing tsunami took 125 lives (tsunami 110, earthquake 15), and caused about $311 million in property loss. Earthquake effects were heavy in many towns... (more)
Posted: February, 2002
Title: Earthquake in Turkey, February 3, 2002
Contributed by:
Text: A strong earthquake hit Turkey at 11:39:54 UTC on Sunday. An estimated 45 people where killed and many left homeless. The epicenter of this strong earthquake is reported to be in Bolvadin, Turkey...(more)
Chinese Seismograph Vase
Posted: January, 2002
Title: Chinese Seismograph Vase
Contributed by: National Geographic magazine
Text: For centuries different societies have designed many creative ways to measure the shaking...(more)
Posted: January, 2002
Title: Nyiragongo Volcano
Contributed by: Jack Lockwood
Text: A major eruption began at Nyiragongo Volcano on Thursday 17th January 2002...(more)
AS-1 Seismometer
Posted: 2001
Title: AS-1 Seismometer
Contributed by: IRIS
Text: Part of the IRIS Seismographs in the Schools Program
Tibet Scarp
Posted: 2001
Title: Fault scarp in Tibet
Contributed by:
Text: Fault scarp in Tibet after 2001 event
US Hazard Map

Posted: 2001
Title: US Hazard Map
Contributed by:
Text: From the USGS Hazard map project

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