I attended the opening day of the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference 
today at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The conference is targeted towards educators, scientists and policy makers.
The session I attended today, "The What, Where and How of Earthquakes - A Tutorial" provided a great overview of seismology
and various teaching aids for education. The tools demonstrated where as simple as styrofoam blocks used to demonstrate how tectonic plates move, to more sophisticated computer models.
One interesting tool was called "Seismic Eruption" , a PC-based tool developed by Alan Jones of Binghamton University . It demonstrates both seismic and volcanic eruptions since 1960. The animations available have an audio component. You will hear a series of bells at pitches that vary based on the degree/size of the activity. Scientists demonstrated various methods that quakes may be predicated, using data available from the software. I created this animation of the California/Nevada to give you an idea of what you'd see.
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