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English: Surface rupture associated with the 1976 Çaldıran-Muradiye earthquake, modified after map in Barka & Reilinger 1997 on a base of a screenshot from NASA World Wind software. Rupture marked in yellow and earthquakes epicentre shown as red star
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This page contains a list of image resources which may be useful to WikiProject Earthquakes, for enhancing articles within its scope. Many excellent images can be found on Wikimedia Commons, especially in the categories listed at right. Note that many images which are available on Commons are not properly categorized yet, so it is helpful to ...
Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea are due to its location near the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire. Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are a mix of vulnerable and earthquake resistant construction. The predominant vulnerable building types are usually metal, timber and unreinforced brick masonry ...
Earthquake activity is called "seismicity". The study of earthquakes is called "seismology". The actual underground location of an earthquake is the hypocenter, or focus. The site at the Earth's surface, directly above the hypocenter, is the epicenter. Minor earthquakes may occur before a major event - such small quakes are called foreshocks.
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