Plate tectonics and associated hazards


California earthquake simulation 

 

How do earthquakes happen

 

supervolcanoes

 

 

mantle plumes

 

volcanoes

 

NZ earthquake - why was Feb's earthquake so different to last September's ? click!

 

Latest Italian earthquake, 20 May 2012

 

 

Earthquake Prediction  

 

This Cool Geography website provides some good material on this topic and will be useful for revision.The British Geographer site has some good information and lesson summaries on it too. And the Geological Society has clear information and a variety of links to case studies.

 

The BBC Science site has interesting clips to watch on Mt Nyos, Mt St Helens, Iceland, New Zealand and others..