DK Find Out! Earth
DK

Find out amazing facts and try some quizzes all about planet Earth, from the highest mountains to the longest rivers, the deepest oceans, and the largest deserts.

DK Find Out! Earthquakes
DK

Earthquakes are events where the ground shakes.

StarTalk: A Violent Earth
StarTalk

In this show, he talks with his colleagues at the American Museum of Natural History: Steven Soter, an expert on Earth phenomena and tsunamis throughout history, and James Webster, a geologist who specializes in volcanoes.

NASA Space Place: What is an Earthquake?
NASA Space Place

An earthquake is an intense shaking of Earth’s surface.

Crash Course: Statistics #44 - Failed Predictions
Crash Course

Today we’re going to talk about why many predictions fail – specifically we’ll take a look at the 2008 financial crisis, the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and earthquake prediction in general.

OLogy: Earthquakes - Tremors From Below
OLogy (American Museum of Natural History)

Earthquakes are happening all the time. Find out what makes the earth shake.

But Why?: Why Do Earthquakes Happen?
But Why?

For this week’s show we headed to California to visit Jennifer Strauss at the Berkeley Seismology Lab and we hear from Celeste Labedz at the California Institute of Technology.

Short Wave: Discovering 'Stormquakes'
Short Wave (NPR)

Seismologist Wenyuan Fan explains the accidental discovery — buried deep in seismic and meteorological data — that certain storms over ocean water can cause measurable seismic activity, or ‘stormquakes.’

California Academy of Sciences: Earthquakes and Tectonic Plates
California Academy of Sciences

How can we determine the locations of tectonic plate boundaries? How can we use seismic waves to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake? In this activity, students will explore these and other questions using seismic data and triangulation.

California Academy of Sciences: Measuring Earthquakes
California Academy of Sciences

By building your own seismograph to document shaking, you and your children will learn about the cause of earthquakes and how scientists measure earthquake intensity.

California Academy of Sciences: Teacher Guide - Earthquakes
California Academy of Sciences

What are earthquakes? Get a new perspective on these powerful phenomena with our collection of videos and infographics co-produced with KQED, originally designed with middle and high school educators in mind.

California Academy of Sciences: Earthquakes
California Academy of Sciences

What are earthquakes? Get a new perspective on these powerful phenomena with this collection of videos and infographics co-presented by the California Academy of Sciences and KQED.