determining the distance from the earthquake by three recording stations.
The three stations' rings that showed the distance from the epicenter and in that area would be where the epicenter is.
At epicenter.
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.
epicenter
This is known as the earthquake's epicentre.
The three stations' rings that showed the distance from the epicenter and in that area would be where the epicenter is.
The simplified answer is that it works much in the same way you would determine the source of a sound (which is also in waves). Multiple measurements of the intensity are taken from different locations are used to triangulate an earthquake.
The difference in arrival times of P and S waves.
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.
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.
At epicenter.
The epicenter.
The epicenter of an earthquake is the point on the Earth's surface directly above where the earthquake originated, known as the hypocenter.
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.
epicenter
This is known as the earthquake's epicentre.
The epicenter.