Earthquake monitoring

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This short video by the Geoscience Australia Education Team is targeted at primary students but is suitable for a wider audience. This video introduces the concepts of earthquake monitoring using seismometers and seismographs. It also features the National Earthquake Alert Centre. Viewers are asked to try making earthquakes at home using the accelerometers in their smartphones. • Visit the Geoscience Australia website to explore earthquake-related activities for the classroom and home. • http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/... - A booklet on Earthquakes containing comprehensive teacher notes and student activities. • http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/... - Visualise plate tectonics on a tennis ball. • http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/... - Visualise plate tectonics on a basketball activity. • http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/... - A poster showing the locations of large earthquakes in Australia over the last 50 years. • http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/... - Educational booklet series on the hazards of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea: tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanoes. • https://earthquakes.ga.gov.au/ - Find information on recent earthquakes as monitored by Geoscience Australia, search the earthquake catalogue, submit a report about an earthquake you have felt, and subscribe to notifications about earthquakes Geoscience Australia has analysed. • For more education resources visit ga.gov.au/education.

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