This Web site offers podcasts, video clips, and songs that illustrate various aspects of earthquakes, earthquake science, and earthquake history.

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In this six-second audio clip, the sound of a car horn appears to change pitch. The recording was made as a car drove past a stationary microphone at 30 miles per hour. The sound is initially high-pitched,...

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In this six-second audio clip, the sound of a car horn appears to change pitch. The recording was made as a car drove past a stationary microphone at 30 miles per hour. The sound is initially high-pitched,...

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This sound-rich Web site explores the science of music, starting with the existential question: "Why does my voice sound so good in the shower?" The physics of how shower walls alter sound waves to affect...

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In this exhibit, a long tube partially filled with kerosene is stimulated with sound from a speaker at one end. At certain frequencies, the liquid in the tube squirts up, forming fountains in the tube.

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This Web site discusses how buildings can be engineered and constructed to weather earthquakes with little or no damage. Engineers in earthquake country have to understand and take into account the complex...

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This article describes the seismic waves that carry the energy of an earthquake--radiating out from the focus of the quake.

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This Web site offers hands-on activities that demonstrate various aspects of earthquake science and plate tectonics such as subduction and accretion, the different kinds of seismic waves, and liquefaction.

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This Web site catalogs dozens of links to other Web sites as sources of earthquake information.

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This activity uses a Slinky to illustrate the different kinds of waves that transmit the energy of an earthquake outward from its focus.

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