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Fall 2004
Professor James Tyburczy
Department of Geological Sciences  
 
Extra Credit #5 Seismology

Seismology, earthquake location, and earthquake magnitude - a web assignment

Equipment needed: Web access and a printer

In this exercise, you will get to use seismology (the study of earthquake waves) to find where an earthquake occurred, and also determine how big it was ("Richter scale" magnitudes). This is a web-based exercise. When you successfully complete the exercise, you are awarded a certificate of completion. This "Virtual Seismologist" certificate must be printed and turned in, with your name and ID on it. It may take anywhere between 15-45 minutes to complete. To receive the extra credit, your certificate must be turned in by Friday November 12.

Go to this website: Virtual Earthquake Webpage. Start reading and doing the exercise. (Once you finished with a page, you advance to the next page by clicking the big button(s) at the bottom of the page.) You'll need to select ONE place of choice for your virtual earthquake (San Francisco area, Southern California, Japan region, or Mexico). Beware... seismograms for the Mexico earthquake are a little harder to read - so if you choose that location, you might practice on San Francisco's seismograms first. Probably the most challenging part of this exercise is carefully reading the graphs.

At the end of the assignment, you will arrive at the "Congratulations!" page: fill in your name, institution, and put your Student ID in place of "City & State". PRINT OUT YOUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION PAGE, and turn it in for credit. YOUR NAME AND ID# MUST BE ON YOUR CERTIFICATE!! This is proof you completed it. Black&white printing is fine, as long as it is legible. This exercise is due Friday 12 November.

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