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How many seismometer measurements are needed to determine an earthquake's epicenter?
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Measurements from at least three different seismometer stations are required to locate an earthquakes epicentre.
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How many stations must compare results to determine the epicenter?
A minimum of three seismic stations must compare results to locate an earthquakes epicenter.
How is the amount of energy released by an earthquake measured?
The energy released by an earthquake is measured using a seismometer. The amplitude of the seismic waves recorded by a seismometer are in-turn plugged into an equation that gives a value on the magnitude scale.
Where is an earthquakes maximum intensity usually felt?
at the epicenter
What is a seismologist and what types of scientific tools do they use to locate earthquakes?
Seismologist use a seismometer or seismograph to record the P and S-wave arrival times.Please see the related question for detail on how this is used to locate an earthquake epicenter.Geologists use seismic waves to locate an earthquake's epicenter.
How can scientist tell how far the epicenter of an earthquake is from a seismometer station?
They need three stations to accurately tell where the location of something is. By measuring the time where it hit one station to the next, they can determine its location through a process called triangulation.
How are seismometer stations used in determining an epicenter?
Triangulation.
What is the minimum number of seismic stations needed to determine the location of an earthquakes epicenter?
The minimum number of seismic stations needed to determine the location of an earthquake's epicenter is THREE.
What is minimum number of seismic stations needed to determine the location of an earthquakes epicenter?
The minimum number of seismic stations needed to determine the location of an earthquake's epicenter is THREE.
How many stations must compare results to determine the epicenter?
A minimum of three seismic stations must compare results to locate an earthquakes epicenter.
What is the process that is used to find an earthquake's epicenter?
Triangulation. First, they calculate the time between the first and second - primary and secondary - seismic waves created in an earthquake and use this information to determine how far the seismometer is from the epicenter of the earthquake. A circle is drawn around the seismometer so that it is in the center and the radius is equal to the calculated distance. Using this information from three different seismometers, two more circles are drawn and the intersecting point of the three circles is where the epicenter of the earthquake is located.
What is the origin point of earthquakes?
The epicenter.
Where volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
Anywhere where the earths plates meet. Earthquakes occur only were there is an epicenter. Were ever the epicenter is the earthquake will happen.
How do geologist locate the epicenter of earthquakes?
Geologists use circles to find the epicenter of an earthquake.
Where on the surface do earthquakes effect the most?
Epicenter
How is the amount of energy released by an earthquake measured?
The energy released by an earthquake is measured using a seismometer. The amplitude of the seismic waves recorded by a seismometer are in-turn plugged into an equation that gives a value on the magnitude scale.
How do you locate an earthquakes epicenters?
An earthquakes epicenter is the point on the surface directly above the focus
What two things can a seismometer detect?
Ground motion, earthquakes and nuclear explosions for example.
