United States Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program: Earthquake Research part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site describes the research activities of the Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) of the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The activities include: borehole geophysics and rock mechanics, ...

EarthRef: Website for Physical and Chemical Earth References part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The EarthRef web site contains several online databases, downloadable modeling tools, and more. The databases include GERM (Geochemical Earth Reference Model), the EarthRef Digital Archive, the ...

The San Andreas Fault part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This United States Geological Survey (USGS) publication discusses the San Andreas Fault in California; specifically what has caused the fault, where it is located, surface features that characterize ...

IRIS: Seismic Monitor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This web site provides an interactive map of global seismic activity that is updated every 30 minutes. The site uses data from the National Earthquake Information Center to produce a world map with ...

University Navstar Consortium GPS Site Motion Vector/Crustal Velocity Archive part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The University Navstar Consortium (UNAVCO) Boulder facility has developed a Global Positioning System (GPS) Site Motion Vector Archive. Precise motions of points on the Earth, made with continuous or ...

Southern California Earthquake Data Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection

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 ...

Savage Earth Animation: Earthquake! part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website, from the 1998 PBS "Savage Earth" series, shows seismic waves from an earthquake that took place in Bolivia in 1994. The animation illustrates the way the earth's surface, ...

Current USGS Fast Moment Tensor Solutions part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This National Earthquake Information Center page shows recent earthquakes with fast moment tensor solutions. The page has both a world map and a list with links to individual earthquakes. Data for ...

Previous Fast Moment Tensor Solutions part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This National Earthquake Information Center page has monthly listings of earthquakes in the past 12 months with fast moment tensor solutions. Data for each event includes location, depth, magnitude, ...

Plate Tectonic Animations part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site contains a variety of plate tectonic animations, paleogeographic reconstructions, and paleoclimate animations. Each animation is viewable from the web page, and has accompanying text that ...