
A nice flash animation from the BBC on what causes earthquakes to occur and the types of waves that are generated.
Earthquakes occur all of the time. Use this resource to map, view recent earthquake data, animations of recent earthquakes, etc. from The World Wide Earthquake Locator.
Common myths and misconceptions about earthquakes and frequently asked questions from the USGS.
Earthquake tutorial from the Open University.
A flash animation from the BBC on tsunami formation, movement and effects.
Click on a location to start the activity and then be presented with a series of slides, data to assist in your understanding of how scientist analyze wave movement to locate the epicenter.
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