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Plate Tectonics, their cause
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Seismic Waves from earthquakes
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What is Richter Magnitude?
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Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan
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Earthquake Intensities
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Earth's Interior
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Educational ``
One-Pagers
'' published by the
IRIS Consortium
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format, 35 kb to 1.3 Mb)
"Watch Earthquakes as they Occur"
"Why Do Earthquakes Happen?"
"How Often do Earthquakes Occur?"
"Seismic Events of Special Interest"
"Exploring the Earth using Seismology"
"How are Earthquakes Located?"
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