Links

History of seismology

Seismology in Göttingen (English)

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/history.html

Historical observatories

Heligoland (historical):

http://www.geophysik.uni-kiel.de/~geo43/research/projects/helgoland.html (German)

Uppsala:

http://orfeus.knmi.nl/newsletter/pdf_newsletter/vol1no3wit/swebak.html (English)

Other observatories

You can reach the website of the Earthquake Station Bensberg via www.erdbebenstation.de This website offers a lot of interesting information about earthquakes. (German)

Interesting facts about earthquakes

Jürgen Reschke (Qualified Geographer) www.das-erdbeben.de

Overview of recent earthquakes

Earthquakes in Germany

http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak/geologie/seismo/events/index.htm (German)

Earthquakes worldwide

http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/geofon/alerts/ (English)

Earthquakes worldwide

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic (English)

Historical earthquakes

Comparison of the earthquakes in San Francisco (1906) and Loma Prieta (1989) with the Göttingen seismographs: quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/got_seismogram_lp.html (English)

Persons

Angenheister, Gutav. H.

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/angenheister.htm (English)

Gutenberg, Beno:

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/biomems/bgutenberg.html (English)

Geiger, Ludwig Carl

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/geiger.htm (English)

Herglotz, Gustav

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/herglotz.htm (English)

Mintrop, Ludger, and the foundation of PRAKLA-SEISMOS:

http://www.prakla-seismos.de/History.html#Geschichte (English)

Mintrop, Ludger

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/mintrop.htm (English)

Schlüter, Wilhelm

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/schlueter.htm (English)

von dem Borne, Georg

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/von_dem_borne.htm

Wiechert, Emil

http://www.wichert.de/personen/emil_wiechert/emil_wiechert.html (German)

http://www.wichert.de/personen/emil_wiechert/emil_wiechert.html (German)

http://www.geophys.tu-bs.de/geschichte/wiechert.html

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/wiechert.htm (English)

Zoeppritz, Karl

http://www.uni-geophys.gwdg.de/~eifel/Seismo_HTML/zoeppritz.htm (English)