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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):

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami

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:

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

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