#Good Earthquake Book?
Can anyone tell me where to find a book specifically about the geology of
earthquakes? Most of my basic geology texts give the same old info about
tectonics and such but I want to know about things like: What defines an
aftershock? How can seismologists tell an aftershock from an earthquake? Does
each fault have a maximum and minimum energy load?
My family lives in the Northridge area and it is always amazing when a tremor
occurs, which is determined to be a true earthquake, and its epicenter lies
right among the aftershocks (which still continue) from the Northridge quake.
Id also like to see a good description of the various scales by which
earthquakes are measured, and understand how the magnitudes compare in kilotons
or megatons.
If anyone knows the answers to these, Id love to see your explanations here but
I really do need a good book on this too.
-Rande