Students explore the causes of earthquakes, including the role of tectonic plates, and consider the efforts scientists are making to better understand and predict these sometimes deadly events (USA: PBS 2023).

The USGS and its partners monitor and report earthquakes, assess earthquake impacts and hazards, and perform research into the causes and effects of earthquakes (U.S. Geological Survey 2023).

Earthquakes are one of the most common natural disasters on earth. But why do they happen? (3 minutes / explainity® explainer video 2023)

The National Geographic explains where earthquakes usually take place and how they're measured (2023).

The website provides earthquake science information for reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage from earthquakes through understanding of their characteristics and effects (U.S. Geological Survey 2009-20).

The project presents a time-lapse animation of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes since 1960 (Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2018)

Learn about the geophysics behind earthquakes, how they are measured, and where the most powerful earthquake ever witnessed occurred. (5 minutes / National Geographic 2020)

How can we determine the locations of tectonic plate boundaries?  How can we use seismic waves to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake?  In this activity, students will explore these questions using seismic data and triangulation (USA: California Academy of Sciences 2023).

Why are earthquakes so hard to anticipate, and how could we get better at predicting them? Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl investigates. (TedEd 2023)

U.S. Geological Survey 2009