Earthquakes

UCGS Earthquake Hazards Program - Find lots of information on earthquakes. Includes maps of recent activity.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

FEMA for Kids - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. Site includes stories, photos, rap music, games, experiments and quizzes.
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm

USGS: Earthquakes for Kids - Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/

Savage Earth: Restless Planet - Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/

Seismic Waves - Basic introduction to seismic waves and how we use them to understand more about the inside of the earth.
http://www.gcse.com/waves/seismic.htm

Understanding Earthquakes - Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magnitude have occurred in the last five years.
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/outreach/understanding/globe/globe.html

Earthquakes - Earthquake simulator from the Learning Channel. Includes a list of the top ten quakes, technology, cities at risk, gallery of devastation, and "As the World Churns."
http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/quakes/interactives/makeaquake.html

Virtual Earthquake - An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eec/Earthquake/

Earthquakes - Learn what earthquakes are, how they occur, areas of the world frequented by earthquakes and the theory of continental drift which is often used to explain why earthquakes happen.
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/quakes.htm

What's Shaking - Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them.
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/intro/

Shake Table - Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking. Includes classroom photos of the table in action.
http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/shake/

Life Along the Faultline - Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/