Objectives

The weblinks included in this chapter were chosen to help you with the following learning objectives:

• Experiment with models to determine how earthquake damage to buildings is related to the Earth materials on which they are constructed. Apply your experimental results to evaluate earthquake hazards and human risks in San Francisco.

• Graph seismic data to construct and evaluate travel time curves for P-waves, S-waves, and L-waves. Use seismograms and your travel time curves to locate the epicenter of an earthquake.

• Analyze and evaluate active faults using remote sensing and geologic maps.

• Interpret seismograms to infer relative movements along the New Madrid Fault System within the North American Plate.

• Explore real-time earthquake data, hazards, and impacts on humans using resources from the Internet.