P-waves travel between 5-8 km/s. As such the epicentre could be anywhere between 1200 and 1920 km away.
Epicenter
Epicenter
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.
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Answer by FutureLPGAgolferEpicenter - point on Earth's surface above point where seismic waves originate.the starting place of an earthquake big feeling
The epicenter.
The most violent shaking during an earthquake typically occurs closest to the earthquake's epicenter, where the seismic waves are strongest. As you move further away from the epicenter, the shaking intensity decreases.
The place on Earth's surface directly above the point where movement first occurs in an earthquake is called the epicenter. This is the point on the surface located vertically above the earthquake's focus (or hypocenter), where the seismic waves originate.
Epicenter
The spot on the surface directly above where the earthquake occurs is called the epicenter. It is usually the point on the Earth's surface closest to where the seismic waves originate deep within the Earth.
Epicenter
Epicenter!!
The focus of an earthquake is the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.The epicenter of an earthquake is the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus where an earthquake occurs is called the epicenter. It is the point where the seismic energy is first released and is typically where the strongest shaking is felt during an earthquake.
How far away the epicenter is.
epicenter
The surface that is right above the epicenter of the earthquake,or the place that is right above where the earthquake starts.