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This website from the Exploratorium provides an introduction to seismic science, or earthquakes and their effects. The site contains an introduction, real time data on earthquakes, pictures of a few great quakes in history, damage control strategies, and information on the active zone. Also included are activities, media reports, photos, and additional links for more information.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/index.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Applications of Newton's Laws Other Sciences - Geoscience	- Informal Education - High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity - Reference Material

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	This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from May 1, 2007 until May 16, 2007. View the feature here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords:: earthquake, fault, plate tectonics , seismology
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created September 25, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:: September 25, 2006 by Ann Deml

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