1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE

Bronson, William. The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959. Main 979.461.B789e

Gilbert, Grove Carl. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. Main Serials 557.3 U58B no324.

Lawson, Andrew C. and Harry Fielding Reid. The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Main Serials 060 W276Cp no87.

1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE

:15 : Fifteen Seconds: The Great California Earthquake of 1989: A Book to Benefit Earthquake Victims. San Francisco, CA: Tides Foundation, 1989. Public F868 .S156 F54 1989; Main Ref F868 .S156 F54 1989.

Lessons Learned From the Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989. Reston, VA: Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey: Books and Open-File Reports Section, 1989. Ref Wild California QE535.2.C3 L48 1989. IZ&G QE535.2.C3 L48 1989.

The Loma Prieta (Santa Cruz Mountains), California Earthquake of 17 October 1989. Sacramento, CA: State of California, Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, 1990. Main QE535.2.C3 L65 1990.

Putting the Pieces Together: The Loma Prieta Earthquake One Year Later: Proceedings, October 15-18, 1990. Oakland, CA: Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project, 1990. Main QE535.2 .C3 P87 1990.

Ayer, Eleanor H. Earthquake Country: Traveling California's Fault Lines. Frederick, CO: Renaissance House, 1992. Ref Wild California QE535.2. C3 A94 1992.

Bortugno, Edward J. Living on the Fault II: A Field Guide to the Visible Evidence of the San Andreas Fault. Oakland, CA: BAREPP, 1990. Ref Wild California QE606.5 .U5 B672 1990

California at Risk: Reducing Earthquake Hazards, 1987-1992. Sacramento, CA: California Seismic Safety Commission, 1989. Main QE535.2 .C3 C35 1989.

Deshpande, B. G. Earthquakes, Animals and Man. Pune, India: Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science, 1987. Main QE538.8 .D47 1987.

Gere, James M. Terra Non Firma: Understanding and Preparing for Earthquakes. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 1984. Ref QE534.2 .G47 1984.

Heppenheimer, T. A. The Coming Quake: Science and Trembling on the California Earthquake Frontier. New York, NY: Paragon House, 1990. Main QE538.8 .H47 1990.

Karplus, Walter J. The Heavens are Falling: the Scientific Prediction of Catastrophes in Our Time. New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1992. Public CB161 .K36 1992.

McCarthy, Leo T. Planning for the Next One: An Examination of California's Earthquake Preparedness: A Report. Sacramento, CA: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 1991. Main HV551.4 C2 M32 1991.

Morton, R.L. Music of the Earth: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and other Geological Wonder. New York: Plenum Press, 1996. Public QE31 .M67 1996.

Nance, John J. On Shaky Ground: America's Earthquake Alert. New York, NY: Avon Books, 1989. Ref Health & Safety QE534.2 .N36 1989.

Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region, California. Reston, VA: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1990. Main Folio QE535.2 .C3 P76 1990.

Reiter, L. Earthquake Hazard Analysis: Issues and Insights. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. Main QE539.2.S34 R45 1991.

Scholtz, C.H. The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Ref. QE534.2.S37 1990.

Steinbrugge, Karl V. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis: An Anatomy of Hazards. New York, NY: Skandia America Group, 1982. IZ&G QE506 .S74 1982.

Understanding Global Issues. 93/2: Earthquakes & Volcanoes: Living with the Restless Earth. Cheltenham, England: European Schoolbooks Publishing, Limited, 1992 . Biodiv Ref GE140 .U52.

Wahrhaftig, Clyde. A Streetcar to Subduction: and Other Plate Tectonic Trips by Public Transportation in San Francisco. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 1984. Wild Calif. QE511.4 .W33 1984.

Booth, Basil. Earthquakes and Volcanoes. New York: New Discovery Books, 1992. Public Juv QE521.3 .B66 1992.

Booth, Basil. Volcanes y terremotos. (Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Spanish) Mexico D.F.: Fernandez Editores, 1994. Public Juv QE521.3 .B6618 1994.

Christian, Spencer and Antonia Felix. Shake, Rattle and Roll: the World’s Most Amazing Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other Forces. New York: J. Wiley and Sons, 1997. Public Juv. QE521.3.C47 1997.

Enderle, Judith A. Francis, the Earthquake Dog. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996. Public Juv PZ7.E6965 Fr 1996.

Pettigrew, Mark. Planet Earth. Los Angeles, CA: Price Stren Sloan, 1987. Public Juv QE29 .P47 1987

Simon, Seymour. Earthquakes. New York, NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1991. Public Juv QE521.3 .S54 1991.

VanCleave, Janice Pratt. Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science Fair Projects. New York, NY: Wiley, 1993. Public Juv QE521.3 .V37 1993.

Van Rose, Susanna. Volcano & Earthquake. New York, NY: Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1992. Public Juv QE521.3 .V36 1992.

CURRICULUM RESOURCES

Cook, Nancy. Measuring Earthquakes. Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, Addison Wesley, 1994. Public QE539.2.I5 C66 1994.

Movers and Shakers: An Earthquake Preparedness Program. Bloomington, IL: State Farm Insurance Company Earthquake Consortium, 1991. Public QE534.2.M68 1991. Includes videotape, teacher’s guide and lesson plans.

Wright, Russell G. Earthquake!: An Event Based Science Module. Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, Addison-Wesley, 1996. Public QE535.W74 1996. Included videotape and teacher’s guide.

Canby, Thomas Y. “Earthquake: Prelude to the Big One?” National Geographic v 177 p 76-91 May ‘90. Main Serials G1 .N38

Geller, Robert J.; “Earthquakes Cannot Be Predicted.” Science v 275 P 16616-17 March 14 ‘97. Main Serials 505 Sci27

Gore, Rick. “Living with California’s Faults”. National Geographic v 187 p2-35 April ‘95. Main Serials G1 .N38

Monastersky, Richard. “Earth’s Pole is a Pushover for Quakes”. Science News v 151 p 148 March 8 ‘97. Main Serials Q1 .76

Monastersky, Richard. “Southern California: Dearth of Quakes?” Science News v 151 p 116 February 22 ‘97. Main Serials Q1 .S76.

Monastersky, Richard. “The Creep Before the Quake.” Science News v 149 p 348 June 1 ‘96. Main Serials Q1 .S76.

Wyss, Max; Richard L. Aceves, and Stephen K. Park. “Cannot Earthquakes Be Predicted?” Science v278 p487-90. Main Serials 505 Sci27.

Bolt it Down: A Homeowners Guide to Earthquake Protection. Pasadena, CA: International Conference of Building Officials, 1993. Public TA658.44 .B64 1993.

Weidlinger,Tom. The American Experience: The Great San Francisco Earthquake: 1906. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1989. Biodiv F869 .S357 G73 1989.

When the Bay Area Quakes. Menlo Park, CA: U.S. Geological Survey, 1990. Public QE535.2 .C3 W44 1990.

All resources listed as Public or Public Juv are available for loan to Academy Members.

ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information (Association of Bay Area Governments)

CERES - Earthquake Information California Environmental Resources Evaluation System

Earthquake Hazards and Preparedness from USGS

Global Earthquake Response Center

Inside Geology - Earthquakes Curriculum materials, college level

Museum of the City of San Francisco - 1906 Earthquake Information

NISEE: National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering

Neighborhood Emergency Response Team -- San Francisco Fire Department

Pacific Northwest Earthquake Information from the University of Washington

Plate Tectonics and the Cause of Earthquakes from the University of Nevada, Reno

Princeton Earth Physics Project Classroom Materials Curriculum for grades 8-12

Quake Country -A Guide to Earthquake Resources and Information from the San Francisco Chronicle

The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay Area

Seismological Society of America

Terra Non-Firma - Here at the Academy

University of Nevada Seismological Laboratory

U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Information

Virtual Earthquake Interactive education

Last updated June 19, 1999