Instruction 3-5

How do Earthquakes Happen and Where?

Students', Parents' and Teachers' Links

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html  (Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes -- A Very Thorough Web Site)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/how.html  (How Earthquakes Happen)

http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding  (Interesting Animations and Quizzes about Earthquakes)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/zones.html  (Earthquake Zones)

http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500758_761571674_-1_1/National_Earthquake_Information_Center_Glossary_Terms.html  (A Glossary of
Terms about Earthquakes and Related Phenomena)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/how.html

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/why.html

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