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What is it called when scientists use 3 or more seismographs to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
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triangulating its loction
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What is an origin of an earthquake called?
The origin of an earthquake is called the epicenter.
The energy of an earthquake called seismic waves originates from a point called the?
the energy of an earthquake, called seismic waves,originates from a point called the ? epicenter
What is the surface above an earthquake called?
epicenter
What is the name above an earthquake?
The point at which the earthquake starts - is the Epicentre.
The place where slippage first occurs is called an earthquake?
Epicenter
Why do scientists need three seismographs?
It takes three seismographs to locate an earthquake. Scientists use a method called triangulation to determine exactly where the earthquake occurred. If a circle is drawn on a map around three different seismographs where the radius of each is the distance from that station to the earthquake, the intersection of those three circles is the epicenter.
how do scientists determine earthquake location and how do they use this information?
Scientists use devices called Seismographs to determine the epicenter of an earthquake. If 3 or more seismographs detect an earthquake, seismic wave activity can be measured and quantified and then cross-referenced with other data (the primary and secondary seismic waves) to determine the earthquake's location.
What is the center of an earthquake is called?
The epicenter.
What is the place on earth27s surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake called?
This is known as the earthquake's epicentre.
What is an origin of an earthquake called?
The origin of an earthquake is called the epicenter.
How can geologists tell where the epicenter of an earthquake is?
The epicenter refers to the point on the earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake. Geologists determine the epicenter with the use of 3 seismographs. This method is called triangulation.
What is the center of a earthquake called?
It is called the EPICENTER
What is the spot on the surface directly above where the earthquake occurs?
the spot above the centre of the earthquake is called the epicentre.
What is centre of earthquake called?
The epicenter.
What is the middle of an earthquake called?
epicenter
What is the point on the earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus?
epicenter
What is the map location of an earthquake called?
It is called the epicenter.
