Chapter 4. The Perfect Mess

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Chapter 1. Threshold 1
4. Chapter 2. The Day the Earth Stood Still 9
5. Chapter 3. Think or Panic? 17
6. Chapter 4. The Perfect Mess 30
7. Chapter 5. Earthquake! 47
8. Chapter 6. Breakthrough 66
9. Chapter 7. How the Ground Shakes 78
10. Chapter 8. How Earthquakes Work 95
11. Chapter 9. Plate Tectonics Explains (Most) Earthquakes 116
12. Chapter 10. Earthquakes Th at Shouldn’t Happen 136
13. Chapter 11. What’s Going on Down Th ere? 148
14. Chapter 12. Guidance from Heaven 161
15. Chapter 13. Faults Turning On and Off 178
16. Chapter 14. More Dangerous than California? 192
17. Chapter 15. Chemotherapy for a Cold 218
18. Chapter 16. What to Do? 236
19. References 261
20. Acknowledgments 269
21. Index 271