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Earthquakes and Tsunamis---Geology---Lura's Information Resources
Earthquakes & Tsunamis
Information Resources
Earthquakes in general
General information resources for earthquakes (science)
What Causes Earthquakes? http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Seismicity/what_causes_earthquakes
The Science of Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/eqscience.php
Earthquakes: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/plate_tectonics/rift_man.php
Earthquake Hazards—A National Threat (pdf): http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3016/2006-3016.pdf
Earthquake animation (normal fault): http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::640::480::/sites/dl/free/0072402466/30425/16_04.swf::Fig.%20%2016.4%20-%20Focus%20of%20an%20Earthquake
Interactive Seismic Monitor: http://www.iris.edu/dms/seismon.htm
Natural Hazards Data, Images and Education - NOAA http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/
Resources from On the Cutting Edge: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/geophysics/visualizations/earthquakes
For books, look in general introductory geology text books such as:
Marshak, Stephen, 2008 (or most recent), Earth; Portrait of a planet: New York, NY, W.W. Norton (see chapter 4. The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics, and chapter 10. A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes).
Or in books on Natural Hazards and Disasters such as:
Hyndman, Donald W., 2009, Natural hazards and disasters, 2nd ed.: Belmont, CA, Brooks/Cole, 555 p. (363.34 H998n2009)
Or search the online catalog for geology and engineering books on earthquakes such as:
Brumbaugh, David S., 2010, Earthquakes; Science and society, 2nd ed.: New York, Prentice Hall, 264 p. (551.22 B834e2010)
Earthquakes > Agencies
USGS http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ (RSS available)
FEMA http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/
NEIC National Earthquake Information Center http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/
NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program http://www.nehrp.gov/
Earthquakes Canada http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-eng.php
IRIS Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology http://www.iris.edu/hq/
SED Swiss Seismological Service (use Google Translate; European events emphasized) http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/index
BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Hannover (use Google translate) http://www.bgr.bund.de/
Seismic maps (See also information by region, country, or state)
US Earthquake Information by State: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/
World Earthquake Information by Country/Region: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/
World Seismicity Maps: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/seismicity/
Live Internet Seismic Server (USGS): http://www.liss.org/
World-Wide Earthquake Locator (Edinburgh Earth Observatory) http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl
Geoscope Observatory Global Network http://geoscope.ipgp.fr/index.php/en
Tsunamis
General information resources for Tsunamis (science)
USGS Tsunami Links:
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/links
Tsunami hazards; A national threat: USGS Fact sheet 2006-3023 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS97613
Tsunami animation: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::640::480::/sites/dl/free/0072402466/30425/16_19.swf::Fig.%2016.19%20-%20Formation%20of%20a%20Tsunami
Before & After Satellite Images of Japan (NYT):
Post-earthquake images of Japan (Google Earth): http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011/03/post-earthquake-images-of-japan
For books, search the online catalog for such as these:
Bernard, Eddie N., and Robinson, Allan R., eds., 2009, Tsunamis: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 450 p. (551.46 Se11 v.15)
Bryant, Edward, 2001, Tsunami; The underrated hazard: New York, Cambridge University Press, 320 p. (551.4702 B841t).
Casey, Susan, 2010, The wave; In pursuit of the rogues, freaks, and giants of the ocean: New York, Doubleday, 326 p. (551.463 C268w)
Murata, Susumu, 2010 Tsunami; To survive from tsunami (Advanced series on ocean engineering 32: Hackensack, NJ, World Scientific,
302 p. (551.47 T789). Chapter 2, Knowledge for Tsunami Survival, is available free online http://www.worldscibooks.com/cgi-bin/campaign.cgi?id=tsunami7345
Murty, T.S., Aswathanarayana, U., and Nirupama, N., eds., 2007, The Indian Ocean tsunami: New York, Taylor & Francis, 491 p.(551.4637156 In254)
Parker, Bruce B., 2010, The power of the sea; Tsunamis, storm surges, rogue waves, and our quest to predict disasters: New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 292 p. (551.46 P2237po)
Tankut, A. Tugrul., ed., 2009, Earthquakes and tsunamis; Civil engineering disaster mitigation activities implementing millennium development goals: Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, v. 11; Dordrecht; Springer (available for UIUC patrons online Tugrul
Walker, Niki, 2006, Tsunami alert!: New York, NY, Crabtree Pub. Co.,
32 p. (S.551.4637 W153t)(juvenile literature).
Articles:
Igarashi, T., Matsuzawa, T., and Hasegawa, A., 2003, Repeating earthquakes and interplate aseismic slip in the northeastern Japan subduction zone: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, p. 2249 (9 pages), doi:10.1029/2002JB001920.
Ito, A., et al., 2005, Bending of the subducting oceanic plate and its implication for rupture propagation of large interplate earthquakes off Miyagi, Japan, in the Japan Trench subduction zone: Geophysical Research Letters, v.32, p. L05310 (4 pages), doi:10.1029/2004GL022307.
Sawai, Y., et al., 2009, Aperiodic recurrence of geologically recorded tsunamis during the past 5500 years in eastern Hokkaido, Japan: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, v.114, p. B01319 (20 pages), doi:10.1029/2007JB005503.
http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=213175
Sibuet, J.C., and Hsu, S.K., 2005, Earthquake off Japan could generate strong tsunami: Eos Transactions (AGU), v.86, n.17, p. 169, doi:10.1029/2005EO170003. http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=213175
Tsumamis > Agencies and research centers
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/
Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System: http://apps.develebridge.net/usiotws/pageaahome
NOAA West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning System: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center: http://ptwc.weather.gov/
University of Southern California Tsunami Research Center: http://www.tsunamiresearchcenter.com/
FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/hazard/tsunami/index.shtm and http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/
Major earthquakes throughout history
Historic World Earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/historical.php
Significant Earthquake and News Headlines Archive: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/
Manuel Sintubin, Iain S. Stewart, Tina M. Niemi, and Erhan Altunel, 2010, Ancient Earthquakes : Geological Society of America Special Paper 471,279 p. (available to UIUC patrons online http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=1047164 )
Recent important earthquakes by region
World Earthquake Information by Country/Region: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/
Earthquake Summary Posters (USGS) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/byyear.php
Oklahoma
Magnitute 5.6 earthquake near Sparks/Prague/Meeker, Oklahoma, on 6 November 2011. The earthquake probably occurred on the Wilzetta fault, the western boundary of the Seminole-Cushing ridge (Seminole uplift), on the Central Oklahoma Platform.
Oklahoma Geological Survey Observatory: Preliminary Earthquake Report, November 5, 2011 (Updated)
AAPG Learn Blog: Oklahoma Earthquake: Interesting Connections to the Nemaha Trend
“The Nemaha Trend – A System of Compressional Thrust-Fold, Strike-Slip Structural Features in Kansas and Oklahoma” by S. Parker Gay, Jr., Oklahoma City Geological Society Shale Shaker (in 2 parts).
McBee, William, Jr., 2003, Nemaha Strike-Slip Fault Zone, AAPG Search and Discovery Article #10055 (map on 2nd page shows Wilzetta and Keokuk faults).
McBee, William, Jr., 2009, The Ubiquity of Wrench Faults in the USA: AAPG Search and Discover Article #90097.
Joseph, Lura Rosewitz, 1987, Subsurface analysis, "Cherokee" Group (Des Moinesian), portions of Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole, and Okfuskee counties, Oklahoma: Shale Shaker, v. 37, n. 3, p. 44-69 (master's thesis, University of Oklahoma).Mapping shows Wilzetta fault and Seminole uplift.
Structure (including wrench faulting), from the Kansas Geological Survey "Petroleum: A Primer for Kansas".
Japan
EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) Honshu Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Clearinghouse http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-03-11-sendai/
How Shifting Plates Caused the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan (NY Times) http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan
Poster of the Great Tohoku Earthquake (northeast Honshu, Japan) of March 11, 2011 - Magnitude 9.0 (USGS) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/2011/20110311.php
See also resources above under Earthquakes and Tsunamis.
Articles:
Igarashi, T., Matsuzawa, T., and Hasegawa, A., 2003, Repeating earthquakes and interplate aseismic slip in the northeastern Japan subduction zone: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 108, p. 2249 (9 pages), doi:10.1029/2002JB001920. http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=213175
Ito, A., et al., 2005, Bending of the subducting oceanic plate and its implication for rupture propagation of large interplate earthquakes off Miyagi, Japan, in the Japan Trench subduction zone: Geophysical Research Letters, v.32, p. L05310 (4 pages), doi:10.1029/2004GL022307. http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=213175
Sawai, Y., et al., 2009, Aperiodic recurrence of geologically recorded tsunamis during the past 5500 years in eastern Hokkaido, Japan: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, v.114, p. B01319 (20 pages), doi:10.1029/2007JB005503. http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=213175
Sibuet, J.C., and Hsu, S.K., 2005, Earthquake off Japan could generate strong tsunami: Eos Transactions (AGU), v.86, n.17, p. 169, doi:10.1029/2005EO170003. http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=213175
New Zealand
EERI Christchurch Earthquake Clearinghouse http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/2011-02-22-christchurch/
Christchurch, Before & After http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/christchurch-quake/beforeafter.htm
Chile
EERI Chile Earthquake Clearinghouse http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/20100227-chile/
Haiti
EERI Haiti Earthquake Clearinghouse http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/20100112-haiti/
USGS Fact Sheet http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rja6.php
Earthquakes in Illinois
Illinois Earthquake Information: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/index.php?regionID=13
New Madrid Fault Zone: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics.php?topicID=71&topic=New%20Madrid%20Seismic%20Zone
New Madrid Bicentennial, 2011-2012: http://www.newmadrid2011.org/
Earthquakes in the Central United States—1699–2002 (map) : http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/i-2812/
Illinois; Earthquake History (USGS): http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/illinois/history.php
CERI Center for Earthquake Research and Information http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/index.shtml
A few books:
Knox, Ray, and Stewart, David, 1995, The New Madrid fault finders guide: Marble Hill, MO, Gutenberg-Richter Publications, 179 p. [551.220977898 K77N]
Page, Jake, and Officer, Charles B., 2004, The big one; The earthquake that rocked early America and helped create a science:
Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin, 239 p. (551.2 P143b 2004)
Stein, Seth, 2010, Disaster deferred; How new science is changing our view of earthquake hazards in the Midwest: New York, Columbia University Press, 282 p. [551.220978 St345d]
Van Arsdale, R.B., 2009, Adventures through deep time; The Central Mississippi River Valley and its earthquakes: Geological Society of America Special Paper 455, 107 p. (available to UIUC patrons online http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=1047164 )
Links to information resources from other libraries
Japan Disaster Information - University of Michigan Library http://guides.lib.umich.edu/2011japandisaster
Earthquakes: Selected Resources - UNC Libraries http://www.lib.unc.edu/subjectguides/earthquakes/
Created 3/17/2011 by Lura Joseph, Geology Librarian, University of Illinois