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The San Andreas Fault: Background information on the San Andreas Fault and its impact on earthquakes along the western side of North America.
(Level: teacher)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.html
Tectonic Plates: Detailed background information and diagrams of the structure of the earth, continental drift and the birth of tectonic plates.
(Level: student and teacher)
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/plate_tectonics/introduction.html
California Earthquake: San Francisco: Useful facts about the effect of the 1989 California Earthquake on San Francisco; with other web links.
(Level: teacher)
http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo/faq/1989_0.html
California Earthquake: San Francisco Fire Department Report: A detailed report of the impact of the 1989 earthquake in California; with other web links.
(Level: teacher)
http://www.sfmuseum.org/quake/report.html
California Earthquake Report on Cities near the Epicentre of the 1989 Earthquake
(Level: teacher)
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1989/report.html
California: Photographs of 1989 Earthquake
(Level: student and teacher)
http://www.sfmuseum.org/1989/89photos.html
The Richter Scale
(Level: teacher)
http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/ned/data/E01-980211-001/full.html
Kobe Earthquake: Detailed information about the causes and effects of the earthquake in 1995.
(Level: student and teacher)
http://www.ospi.wednet.edu:8001/curric/land/kobe.html
Maharashtra: A detailed narrative describing the earthquake in 1993 and its effects.
(Level: teacher)
http://hoohana.aloha.net/~htoday/March94.html#gen278