Thread: Teachable Moment - Exploring Earthquake Shaking

Started: 2020-05-29 09:21:42
Last activity: 2020-05-29 09:21:42
Tammy Bravo
2020-05-29 09:21:42
IRIS is committed to supporting educators in their need for “virtual”
investigations and e-learning as a result of stay-at-home orders. Through
June 19th, IRIS will be releasing a weekly 'Teachable Moment' that offers
an opportunity for teachers and students to explore various elements of
seismology. These will be offered in addition to our regular earthquake
summaries.

This week’s investigation focuses on earthquake shaking. While the
magnitude of an earthquake is an important way to describe an earthquake,
it doesn’t tell the whole story of how a community might experience an
earthquake. Magnitude describes the total amount of energy released from
the earthquake. However, the amount of damage to buildings and
infrastructure during earthquakes relates more to local ground motion (e.g.
shaking) than to the magnitude of the earthquake. And, the degree of
shaking can vary considerably from place to place during the same
earthquake due to a variety of factors that we will explore. We hope you
will find it useful, and your students find it enjoyable and educative!

This resource can be downloaded from: http://www.iris.edu/hq/retm

If you have any questions or comments, please contact us!

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