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Disasters: Earthquake

How Stuff Works

Provides information on the causes of earthquakes, facts, plate tectonics, faults, seismic waves, and more.

Weather Wizkids


Provides TONS of information on earthquakes, including causes, effects, key vocaulary, and more!

Earthquake History

Learn all about the history of earthquakes from this great interactive site!

Make a Quake - Simulator

Learn about earthquakes by making your own quake in this Discovery.com simulator!

The Tech Museum

Use this interactive module to learn about many different aspects of earthquakes, including causes, effects, plate tectonics, and much more!

Earthquakes for Kids

Learn all about earthquake history, see earthquake pictures, and understand the science behind earthquakes in this website from the USGS.

Earthquake Images

Earthquake Animation

See an animation of how an earthquake forms.

Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Pictures

20 images from the Japan tsunami and earthquake. From Howstuffworks.com.

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