Photos: Learning from disaster

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  • Visitors Center

    Visitors Center

    Visitors are educated about earthquake technology and how scientists measure and predict quakes at the Visitors Center at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • San Andreas Fault

    San Andreas Fault

    Pictures of the San Andreas Fault grace the walls of the entrance to the Robert E. Wallace Earthquake Center at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Brad Aagaard

    Brad Aagaard

    Geophysicist Brad Aagaard of the U.S. Geological Survey creates computer animations to map the strength of earthquakes in California.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Sacramento Delta

    Sacramento Delta

    A computer-animated mapping details shaking intensity in the Sacramento Delta.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Seisometer

    Seisometer

    Instruments like the seisometer help scientists determine the strength of an earthquake.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Slickensides

    Slickensides

    A plaster cast of "slickensides," parallel striations on rock surfaces produced by relative motion across opposite sides of fault planes, along the Hayward Fault at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Center in Menlo Park, Calif.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Mitch Adelson

    Mitch Adelson

    Cartographer Mitch Adelson of the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., sells topographic maps such as this to visitors from all parts of the country.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • U.S. Geological Survey

    U.S. Geological Survey

    The U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., houses rows and rows of maps of fault lines in the U.S.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Globe

    Globe

    Slips in the earth cause stress to fault lines, ultimately resulting in an earthquake. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey use globes such as the one shown here to study the inner surfaces of the earth and how slips and stresses may occur.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Visitor Center

    Visitor Center

    The Visitor Center at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., catalogs earthquake surveys from past decades.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Poster

    Poster

    This poster is just one of the many that blanket the walls of the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., commemorating the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Visitors are educated about how scientists study and measure quakes at the U.S. Geological Survey Visitors Center.

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Visitors Center

Visitors are educated about earthquake technology and how scientists measure and predict quakes at the Visitors Center at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif.

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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