Southern California Earthquake Data Center
http://www.data.scec.org/index.html

Southern California Earthquake Data Center, California Institute of Technology


This site features an interactive map of recent earthquakes in California and Nevada, a searchable earthquake data archive, a clickable fault map of southern California, and an interactive map of historic quakes. There is also a glossary and animated block diagrams of fault movements.

This description of a site outside SERC has not been vetted by SERC staff and may be incomplete or incorrect. If you have information we can use to flesh out or correct this record let us know.


Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and teaching methods.

Cutting Edge

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Special Interest: Visualization, Hazards
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Data Derived: Data Derived
Data Source: Observational Data
Science Background Required: Broadly accessible
Theme: Teach the Earth:Incorporating Societal Issues:Hazards, Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Structural Geology, GeophysicsKeywords: seismic, seismology