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7 Steps to an Earthquake Resilient Business (PDF) — How to prepare your business for an earthquake (USGS, SCEC & many other organizations)
A Resilient Home Starts Here — Answer questions on a quiz and learn about the seismic safety of your house, apartment building, or mobile home. (Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG))
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information — Information and maps about liquefaction, faults, and landslides in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Assoc. of Bay Area Govts. (ABAG))
American Red Cross Earthquake Safety — Emergency response organization that provides disaster relief (American Red Cross)
Be a Hero: Kid's - ready.gov — Activities and materials aimed at making kids more aware of hazard preparedness (FEMA)
BSL Outreach — Wonderful diverse collection of videos and animations, as well as links to lesson plans and educational resources. (Berkeley Seismology Lab)
California Seismic Safety Commission — Focus on the California (California Seismic Safety Commission)
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? (USGS)
CDC (Center for Disease Control) Emergency Preparedness & Response — Earthquakes and other emergencies (Center for Disease Control (CDC))
Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium — Information about earthquakes in the central U.S. (Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC))
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters — Teachers guide to helping children deal with disasters (Univ of Illinois Extension)
Citizen Corps - Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) — Educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. (Citizen Corps)
Disaster Preparedness for Pets — Steps and checklists to help care for pets during emergencies. (Humane Society of the United States)
DisasterAssistance.gov — Access to disaster help and resources. (FEMA)
Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more! (Purdue Univ.)
Earthquake — Details about what parts of the home are most vulnerable and how you can protect yourself (PDF) (Institute for Business and Home Safety)
Earthquake and Tsunami Preparedness — Focus on Seaside, OR, but useful for anyone within a tsunami risk zone. (City of Seaside, Oregon)
Earthquake Country Alliance — Earthquake preparedness for California (Earthquake Country Alliance)
Earthquake Early Warning- Fine-Tuning for Best Alerts — The goal of an earthquake early warning (EEW) system is to provide an alert to people and automatic systems after an earthquake begins but before the shaking reaches their location. As the USGS and its partners are developing an EEW system, called ShakeAlert®, for the West Coast, the benefits, costs, capabilities, and limitations are being investigated. Two recent studies explored the timeliness and accuracy of alerts. (USGS)
Earthquake Preparedness - San Andreas - The Movie, California Reality or Hollywood Fiction? — Focus on California Earthquake Preparedness for Teachers and Students (California Emergency Management Agency)
Earthquakes in Oklahoma — Research, regulations, updates and news items related to Oklahomaâ??s recent earthquakes, and earthquake preparedness information (The Office of the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment)
Echando Raices en Tierra de Terremotos — Este manual provee informaciÃ³n sobre por quÃ© nos deben preocupar los terremotos en el Sur de California, quÃ© debemos hacer para estar seguros y reducir el daÃ±o, y tambiÃ©n quÃ© debemos saber de lo bÃ¡sico sobre terremotos. (USGS & many other organizations)
Emergency Preparedness in Schools — General information about disaster preparedness for schools with links to resources. (Community for Accredited Online Schools)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — US federal government agency dedicated to responding to disasters. (FEMA)
Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies — Humanitarian organization that carries out relief efforts to assist victims of disasters. (Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies)
FEMA Earthquake Information — Includes resources and best practices (FEMA)
FEMA: When Disaster Strikes - Protect Your Pets — Learn the best ways to provide for your pets during an emergency (FEMA)
How You Can Strengthen Your Home (PDF) — Actions you can take to prepare your home for the shaking from an earthquake. (Centers for Disease Control)
International Tsunami Information Centre — General and technical information, maps, and links to warning centers. (ITIC)
Liquefaction and Sea-Level Rise — An ArcGIS geonarrative storymap explaining the impacts of sea-level rise on liquefaction severity around the San Francisco Bay Area, California for the magnitude 7.0 ?HayWired? earthquake scenario along the Hayward Fault. (USGS)
Living On Shaky Ground: How to Survive Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Northern California — A collection of preparedness guides for earthquakes and tsunamis especially for the Northern Coast of California (Humboldt State Univ, Dept of Geology)
Living with Earthquakes in Nevada: A Nevadan's Guide — This guide and many other preparedness-related information especially for Nevada. (Univ. of Nevada Seismological Lab)
National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program — Factsheet and brochure on tsunami awareness and safety. (National Weather Service)
Natural Hazards Center — resources concerning hazards mitigation and disaster preparedness (University of Colorado)
ParsQuake — Earthquake education in the global Persian community. (ParsQuake.org)
Pet Safety in Emergencies — Be prepared: make a plan and prepare a disaster kit for your pet. (Centers for Disease Control)
Pillowcase Project, The (PDF) — The Pillowcase Project is designed for use with 3rd graders, age 8-9. The program has been reviewed by 3rd grade teachers and tailored to 3rd grade reading skills and learning abilities. The program may be adapted for use with students in 2nd and 4th grade. (American Red Cross)
Preparedness in Alaska — Links to preparedness information for earthquakes and tsunamis for Alaska residents. (Earthquake Science Center, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks)
Protect Your Pets in an Emergency — Help ensure your pet's safety during an earthquake. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
Protecting Your Family from Earthquakes — in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean (USGS & many other organizations)
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and preparedeness for everyone in California (regional booklets available), Utah, Central U.S., Nevada, Oregon, and Alaska (USGS)
ready.gov - Plan Ahead for Disasters — Includes resources and best practices (FEMA)
Recovering From a Natural Disaster in College: A Student?s Guide for What to do on Campus — What college students can do to prepare for a natural disaster, and what to do if one happens. (AffordableCollegesOnline.org)
Rocket Rules: Earthquake Materials for Children — Storybooks and accompanying activity books, and videos that include simple activities for learning, for example, how to secure furniture and objects, what supplies should go in a go bag, basic earthquake science concepts, and how to Drop, Cover and Hold On during shaking or when you receive an earthquake early warningincludes simple activities for learning how to secure furniture and objects, what supplies should go in a go bag, basic earthquake science concepts, and how to Drop, Cover and Hold On during shaking or when you receive an earthquake early warning. In multiple languages. (SCEC & Hero and You Foundation)
SCEC Communication, Education and Outreach — Many excellent resources for Public Education and Preparedness, K-14 Earthquake Education, and Experiential Learning and Career Advancement. Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country downloadable booklets for learning about earthquake hazards and safety recommendations in many different languages and for many different areas of the United States. (Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC))
SF72 — Preparedness information targeted at the San Francisco area. (San Francisco Department of Emergency Management)
Staying Safe Where the Earth Shakes — A booklet that includes the "The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety" - basic guidelines for what to do before, during, and after a damaging earthquake. (USGS)
The Blind Zone of Earthquake Early Warning — A Science for Everyone article: One USGS scientist has sorted through the challenges, the claims, and the data to determine what the possibilities and limitations really are for EEW, and the results may surprise you. (USGS)
The HayWired Scenario: An Urban Earthquake in a Connected World — An ArcGIS geo-narrative storymap with compelling images showing the effects and consequences possible in the next large earthquake on the Hayward Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area. (USGS)
The Wave that Shook the World — Online companion to the NOVA broadcast with excellent animations, Q&anmp;A, images, and lesson plans for teachers. (PBS-NOVA)
Tsunami Education — Links to educational materials, warning centers. (NOAA)
Tsunami Preparedness Guidebook — Downloadable PDF and additional links to tsunami preparedness websites. (GeoHazards International)
Tsunamis — Basic science of tsunamis, preparedness, and focus on California and historical information. (California Geological Survey)
TsunamiZone.org — Resources and information about tsunami education and preparedness. (SCEC)
US Agency for International Development — US agency set up to provide relief to other countries suffering from disaster (USAID)
What if the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System Had Been Operating During the M6.9 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake? — How will ShakeAlert® likely perform now on a large earthquake impacting a major urban area? How much warning will you get? To answer this, let?s do a thought experiment... (USGS)
What to Expect in a Big Urban Earthquake — An ArcGIS geo-narrative storymap that describes what can be expected if there is a large earthquake in a populated urban area. (USGS)