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An excellent, comprehensive data source is the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) of the U.S. Geological Survey. The NEIC home page includes links to many other sources of data, maps, and information on earthquakes.

National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)

( http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/ )
The USGS has earthquake-related publications online; some are exclusively online, including "Earthquakes" at

USGS has earthquake-related publications online

( http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/ )
The USGS has earthquake-related publications online; some are exclusively online, including "The San Andreas Fault"

USGS

( http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/ )
USGS's National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project is found at

USGS's National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project

( http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/eq/ )
A variety of information on earthquake hazards and dealing with them can be found through

Earthquake Hazards

( http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ )
Tsunami simulations and links to many tsunami-related sites

Tsunami simulations

( http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/ )
Data and maps of recent seismic activity (including a listing of all earthquakes over the previous two weeks or so) for the United States and Canada

Data and maps of recent seismic activity

( http://www.cnss.org/cnss.cat.html )
Information on the Canadian National Earthquake Hazards Program-including a link to information on use of seismology in monitoring compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty

Canadian National Earthquake Hazards Program

( http://www.seismo.emr.ca/ )
The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program has unveiled its final report (in 1999) and global seismic-risk maps at

Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program

( http://seismo.ethz.ch/GSHAP )
Seismological Society of America home page

Seismological Society of America

( http://www.seismosoc.org/ )
The National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering maintains an online database of over 10,000 images of photos and art works (some hundreds of years old) relating to earthquakes.

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering

( http://nisee.berkeley.edu/ )





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