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The distance to the epicenter can be determined by measuring what?
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How is the distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined?
The distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined from the S-P interval, which is the time difference between the time of arrival of the first P wave and the first S wave.
What is the method used to figure out the epicenter of an earthquake?
epicenter and seiesmic waves, find the distance and seismograph stations
How is the fact that P waves travel more quickly the S waves used to determine the distance of an earthquake's epicenter from a seismograph station?
Given the difference in arrival times, you can determine the distance from the epicenter.
What can you figure out about an earthquake from only one seismic station?
the distance to the epicenter
What happens to the lag time as the distance from the epicenter increases?
It Also Increases
If there are 3 records of the same earthquake how can the epicenter be determined?
The epicenter can be determined by measuring the time difference between the arrival of P and S waves, and then calculating the distance of the epicenter from each of the 3 stations. Once you have estimated the distance for each station you then draw a circle around each one. The place where the circles meet or intersect, is the epicenter.
How would you locate the epicenter of an earthquake once you have determined the distance from the epicenter of the earthquake to each of three seismographic stations?
The three stations' rings that showed the distance from the epicenter and in that area would be where the epicenter is.
The epicenter of an earthquake is determined by?
determining the distance from the earthquake by three recording stations.
The distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined from the?
The difference in arrival times of P and S waves.
How do you figure out the distance of an epicenter?
The distance of an epicenter from a seismograph station can determined by the time it takes for the seismic waves to reach each station. You need at least 3 seismic stations to record the event to determine this. The time taken for each seismic station to resisted the event will be different as they are different distances from the epicenter. The distance to the epicenter can then be calculated for each station and a epicenter can be determined by a triangulation from all stations that have registered the event.
How is the distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined?
The distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined from the S-P interval, which is the time difference between the time of arrival of the first P wave and the first S wave.
How is the distance between the seismic station and the earthquake epicenter determined?
The distance between a seismic station and the earthquake epicenter is determined from the S-P interval, which is the time difference between the time of arrival of the first P wave and the first S wave.
Which two waves from an earthquake can triangulate the epicenter?
P-waves (Primary) and S-waves (Secondary). Using the difference in time between the arrival of P- and S-waves, you can then determine the distance from the epicenter. Once you've determined the distance from the epicenter of three different stations, you'll be able to triangulate the epicenter (the point where all three circles cross).
How distance determined?
Distance is determined by measuring the length between the start and end point.For example, short distances can be measured in feet, yards or metres.Longer distances would be measured in miles or kilometres.
What is the method used to figure out the epicenter of an earthquake?
epicenter and seiesmic waves, find the distance and seismograph stations
Why is it necessary to know the distance from the epicenter for at least three recording stations?
it is necessary to kow the distance from the epicenter for at least three recording stations so geologist could compare and when an epicenter is created they can know which one is farest and which one is closest
One seismograph station by itself can determine the?
distance to the epicenter
