Our site provides comprehensive and technical information an earthquakes, like why and how do they occur, how are they measured and what are their various consequences. The information accumulated was in various tones and contexts, and had to converted to obtain a homogenity of language as well as content. We have organized the contents into:
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Introduction to Earthquakes focuses on a basic overview of all earthquakes in general, their types, various phenomenons and cultural beliefs regarding the same.
Earth Features shows the basic structure of the Earth, its various layers and changes associated with the same like erosion, weathering, etc.
Platectonics gives an introduction to the different types of plates, and their association with the earthquakes and the causes which result in the same.
Measurement enumerates the various measurement techniques in Seismology, the scales involved in the measurement and an interactive applet demonstrating a Seismograph which plots the earthquake waves wrt Richter Scale.
Major Earthquake enumerate a series of disastrous earthquakes, and related information about the same.
Effects shows the various effects of an earthquake, like Continental Drifts, fires, Tsunamis, ground shaking and diseases.
Predictions shows the various ways in which an earthquake might be predicted, though you cannot predict an earthquake more than a few hours.
Precautions lists the types of the precautions that are to be taken in order to minimizes the effects of a disastrous earthquake. This page also lists an Earthquake Survival Kit, which is a very important component, extremely useful in earthquake prone areas.
Facts enumerates a number of fascinating facts involved in earthquakes.
Glossary lists all possible words related to earthquakes that we could list.
A few special sections included worth mentioning are:
A feature on Earthquake Locator, a link provided wherein a real time world map is plotted, showing various areas of the world with corresponding Earthquakes, their intensity and time of occurence.
A Search feature which provides a comprehensive search through an indexed list of our website.
A Seismograph Emulator, which plots Richter Scale Earthquake Waveforms in an interactive manner.
