USGS logo

Text Only Version

Earthquakes

Earthquakes: 

photograph of 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire

by
Kaye M. Shedlock & Louis C. Pakiser


Contents

Introduction

Earthquakes in History

Where Earthquakes Occur

How Earthquakes Happen

Measuring Earthquakes

Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Predicting Earthquakes

Endnotes


Geologic Information -- Education and Outreach

This page is URL:http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/index.html
Maintained by John Watson and Kathie Fraser
Last modified 10-23-97 (jmw)