Background
Briefing - Earthquake Richter Scale
Gives step by step
info on how to measure an earthquake with the Richter Scale.
http://www.backgroundbriefing.com/earthqke.html
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CVO
Website - Richter Scale
You can learn about the history
of the Richter Magnitude Scale and other earthquake
information.
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Seismicity/description_richter.html
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D.Phil.
thesis abstract
A short thesis abstract and a thesis
extended abstract on 'Tectonic Motions and Earthquake
Deformation in Greece from GPS
Measurements.'
http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~peterc/D.Phil/dphil_abs.html
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Damping
Includes
research projects on In Situ Measurements of Damping Ratio
Using Surface Waves sponsored by the National Science
Foundation Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Program.
http://geosystems.gatech.edu/Research/damping.html
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Earthquake
Information
Information on the Richter Scale and
Modified Mercalli Scale (MMS) regarding earthquakes from the
Hong Kong Observatory.
http://www.info.gov.hk/hko/equake/equake.htm
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Earthquakes
and Maryland
Information about measuring earthquakes -
Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) Scale and the Richter Scale.
http://mgs.dnr.md.gov/esic/brochures/earthquake.html
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FEMA for Kids:
Earthquakes
A site directed at kids explaining
earthquakes and how they are
measured.
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm
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UC
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
This site has links
to the most frequently asked questions including how to make
your own seismograph, explanations of terms, earthquake
effects and how to measure
them.
http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo/faq/faq.html
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Geodynamics
Branch Activities
Information on measurements, mission
studies and modeling. Some selections include: Plate Boundary
Interactions, Crustal Evolution, Crustal Structure, Crustal
Anomalies and more.
http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/activities/branch_active2.html
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A short
history of intensity and intensity scales
A short
history of intensity and intensity scales and information on
"European Macroseismic
Scale".
http://www.gsrg.nmh.ac.uk/~phoh/histint.htm
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How
Earthquakes Are Measured
A comparison and explanation
of the Richter and Modified Mercalli Intensity scales.
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/pubs/notes/32/index.htm
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Measurement
of the Kobe earthquake
An actual measurement of the
Kobe earthquake (May 27,
1995).
http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAKHALIN-1995/shk.gif
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Modified
Mercalli Intensity
Intensity value and description with
the modified mercalli intensity
scale.
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/mercalli.html
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National
Earthquake Information Center
Includes information on
the Modified Mercalli Intensity
Scaler.
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/general/handouts/mercalli.html
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Northridge
Earthquake GPS Results
An electronic version of a paper
containing the GPS data set and models of the earthquake can
be found here.
http://www-socal.wr.usgs.gov/hudnut/hudnut/north-gps.html
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Northridge
Earthquake Measurements
Includes "a set of 61
displacement vectors that have been derived from GPS
measurements before and after the Northridge earthquake."
http://scec.gps.caltech.edu/northridge.gps
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Preliminary
Map of Peak Horizontal Ground Acceleration
A map of
peak horizontal ground acceleration for the Hanshin-Awaji
earthquake that occured January 17, 1995. Click on the small
image to see a page-size
version.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/QUAKES/shake/kobe/kobeshake.html
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Puget
Sound Earthquake
Great site in an easy to understand
language with links to the University of Washington
Seismocenter.
http://athena.wednet.edu/curric/land/robptqk.html
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The
Richter Scale
Information on the Richter Scale from the
United States National Earthquake Information Center.
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/general/handouts/richter.html
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Seismic
Intensity Scales
Great site with a conversion chart
comparing the scores and effects between the Richter Scale and
the Mercalli.
http://www.il-st-acad-sci.org/kingdom/geo1001.html
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What
is Richter Magnitude?
Provides information on the
Richter Magnitude Scale that includes both a short and a long
description as well as information on the Mercalli Intensity
Scale.
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html
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Work of
Li-Yu Sung
View activities of Li-Yu Sung, who is a
member of the Southern California Earthquake Center at UCLA,
that include Aseismic crustal velocity estimation and Crustal
strain acceleration study.
http://minotaur.ess.ucla.edu/~lsung/mywork.html
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