The Quake-Catcher Network is designed to be a useful educational tool for describing earthquakes and eathquake science in the classroom. For this purpose we include an interactive program for learning using web-based lesson plans. The following figure is a snapshot of a laptop seismometer in action:
The plots (from bottom to top) are of x, y, and Z acceleration, and the measure of significance of the acceleration relative to the "noise" in the prior 1 minute window.
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The day and night views allow students to search the globe for the most recent earthquakes. The day view is easier to orient, but the night view shows where people live. Where people live and earthquakes occur regularly the seismic hazard is greatest.
The pink lines show the major plate boundaries. Most earthquakes occur at the plate boundaries, where the plates slide by each other.
By clicking on each earthquake (red bubble) you can learn more about the earthquake. By double clicking each earthquake, you jump to the USGS website for that earthquake.
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