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Sunday, January 10, 2010

EARTHQUAKE LINKS

USGS Earthquake Report Ferndale, CA, Jan 9
Digital Seismogram of waves from CA Earthquake Sat. Jan 9
Photos from 6.5 Magnitude Eureka, CA Earthquake Sat, Jan 9


US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Maps of Earthquake Locations

Earthquakes, Faults, and other Vocabulary terms
Plate Tectonics and Earth's Layers
Seismic Waves
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EXTRA CREDIT: BIGGEST TREE IN OAK PARK CUT DOWN! HOW OLD WAS THIS TREE? HOW BIG WAS IT?
Click on the picture above to read the article in the Wednesday Journal about this tree that was recently cut down from the house next door to Mrs. Frick. email your answers to pfrick@op97.org
 

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