Drawing upon both scientific facts and her own life experiences, the seismologist describes how earthquakes occur, outlines what to do during one, and provides preparation tips.

Photographs and text explain the causes and effects of volcanoes and earthquakes and examine specific occurrences throughout history.

Introduces kids to plate tectonics and the tumultuous forces brewing beneath the Earth's surface that result in massive volcanoes and earth-shattering earthquakes.

On November 7, 1882 an earthquake rocked parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Kansas. An isoseismal map for the main event and the felt area of an aftershock on November 8th, along with historic wave path and focusing considerations, suggest the epicenter was probably in north-central Colorado, perhaps in the northern Front Range or possibly southern Laramie Mountains. Similarities with the 1984 Laramie Mountains earthquake support an interpretation...

The authors believe that there is a link between the sun's cycles of behavior with highly destructive earthquakes, explaining that when the sun goes into a reduced energy phase, it produces colder weather and the worst earthquakes we've ever seen. Their ... charts and graphs [posit] that we face an imminent threat--Amazon.com.

The Good Friday, 1964, Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, and newscaster Genie Chance remaining on-air to broadcast events.

Magnitude 8 is the archetypal natural disaster defined. To understand the cataclysmic earthquake that will tear California apart one day, Philip L. Fradkin has written a dramatic history of earthquakes and an eloquent guide to the San Andreas Fault, the world's best-known tectonic landscape. The author includes vivid stories of earthquakes elsewhere: in New England, the central Mississippi River Valley, New York City, Europe, and the Far East. Always,...

Este libro recoge los testimonios de varios supervivientes del terremoto que arrasó buena parte de Nepal el pasado 25 de abril. Relatos donde la destrucción, el desconcierto, el dolor y la pérdida desembocan en un rayo de esperanza. Un punto de reunión de voces y miradas dispares sobre un mismo suceso, experiencias distintas vividas en un mismo país a una misma fatídica hora. Un racimo de reflexiones sobre lo que supone sobrevivir a un desastre...

Alwyn Scarth is the author of numerous books, including Savage Earth (HarperCollins), Vulcan's Fury, and La Catastrophe. The volcano that has fascinated scientists, writers, and poets for two millennia Capricious, vibrant, and volatile, Vesuvius has been and remains one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes. In its rage, it has destroyed whole cities and buried thousands alive. In its calm, its ashes have fertilized the soil, providing for the...