Introduction
Turkey's tragedy
Long time shaking
Plate tectonics
Finding faults
Proving the theory
Perilous predictions
Safe buildings
1999-2004 Activity
Paper
California Shakes Most Often in September, Richard Monastersky, Science News, Dec. 13, 1997, p. 373.
Gases Under Incredible Pressure Could Cause California Earthquakes, Philip Cohen, New Scientist, Nov. 22, 1997, p. 21.
Global Positioning System Measurements of Present-Day Crustal Movements in the Arabia-Africa-Eurasia Plate Collision Zone, RE Reilinger, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, No. 5, pp. 9983-9999, May 10, 1997.
Magnitude 8: Earthquakes and Life Along the San Andreas Fault, Philip Fradkin, Henry Holt, 1998.
MIT Effort Along Regional Fault Could Give Warning of Temblors, David L. Chandler, Boston Globe, Aug. 18, 1999, p. A1.
The Public and the Quake that Wasn't, John Faley, Science, Oct. 9, 1998, p. 247.
Racing the Waves: Seismologists Try to Catch Quake Tremors Quickly Enough to Save Lives, Richard Monastersky, Science News, Mar. 14, 1998, p. 169.
A Slow Start for Earthquakes: Seismologists Using Tidal Data to Make Predictions About Earthquakes, Richard Kerr, Science News, Feb. 13, 1998, p. 985.
Electronic
Current earthquake
information from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Caltech does the California earthquake scene.
Stand back, California. Where are the biggest U.S. earthquakes? Try Alaska.
These folks give ya a great idea of what life is like along the faultline.
A primer on earthquakes that's almost as good as what you've just read. And another.
Watch continents gyrate through geologic time.
Plate motions are a thing of beauty.
Peek inside
the Earth and see the mechanisms of plate
tectonics
Info on building safer structures.
Are you ready for a quake?
Find no fault with our credits page.
Roundup of Izmit,
Turkey, earthquake sources.
