Earthquake "Top 10" Lists and Maps
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
| Discipline(s): |
Earth Sciences Geological Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - Data Set |
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Unknown |
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Organization:US Geological Survey - UCGS |
| Description: | Data and maps on the worst 10 devastating earthquakes, hosted by the US Geological Survey. The site is organized around number of deaths worldwide and in the United States, earthquake density maps, earthquake statistics, history, size, dates, significance and seismicity maps. There are also excellent animations, data feeds and recent news. |
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| Keywords: | Earthquakes seismographs seismic waves seismology natural disasters seismic maps |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
| Use of Resource: |
Excellent, constantly updated resource. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
High |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | December 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/top10.php |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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