Prediction of the cascadia earthquake on the west coast
Convergent plate boundary fault behavior - pacific ring of fire
Haiti Earthquake in 2010 M. 7.0
Haiti 2010 M 7.0, Major shaking lasted about 1 minute.
Source: http://www.ecgs.lu/wulg/seismometers/
Other sources:
http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/Monitoring-Earthquakes/Other-earthquake-questions/How-long-does-an-earthquake-last
San Fransicos 1906 earthquake lasted about 45-60 seconds
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/shaking.php
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Source: http://www.ecgs.lu/wulg/seismometers/
Other sources:
http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/Monitoring-Earthquakes/Other-earthquake-questions/How-long-does-an-earthquake-last
San Fransicos 1906 earthquake lasted about 45-60 seconds
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/shaking.php
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Things I'd also like to teach/learn about or include
- Faults vs. Plate Boundaries
- How waves propagate throughout the earth
- Build a seismograph
- Discuss hypo center, focus
- Learn more about how energy is calculated
- Mercallis Intensity Scale
- Moment of Magnitude
- Intensity map of Utah & Salt Lake Counties
- Fault map of SL & UT counties
- Calculate the moment of magnitude for the Wasatch Fault or earthquake machine brick model
- Paleo Earthquakes - how to date ancient earthquake events