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As P-waves travel at a higher velocity than S-waves they arrive at a seismometer station before the S-waves. The difference between their arrival time can be used to calculate the distance from the seismometer station to the epicentre.
At least three.Please see the related question for an explanation as to why.A minimum of three seismograph or seismometer stations are required to locate the epicentre of an earthquake.
Using the difference in their arrival times and an estimate of their velocity of propagation you can calculate the distance of the earthquake epicentre from the seismometer recording station. If you do this from three or more different seismometer stations you can triangulate it's position. For more information please see the related question.
A seismometer (the term seismograph may be used to describe a seismometer combined with an instrument for recording and displaying the amplitude and frequency of the seismic waves that the seismometer measures). Please see the related link.
This value is related to the distance of the seismometer station from the earthquake's epicentre. The larger the difference in arrival times, the greater the distance.
The seismometer records the P and S-wave arrival times. P-waves travel faster through the earth than S-waves and so they arrive at the seismometer station before the S-waves and are recorded by the seismometer first. The difference in arrival time between the two types of seismic wave can be used to calculate the distance of the earthquake's epicentre from the seismometer. This can then be plotted on a map, by drawing a circle with a radius equal to the distance to the epicentre around the seismometer station. This is then repeated for the other two seismometer stations and the point where the three circles intersect is the location of the earthquakes epicentre.
As P-waves travel at a higher velocity than S-waves they arrive at a seismometer station before the S-waves. The difference between their arrival time can be used to calculate the distance from the seismometer station to the epicentre.
The Richter scale assigns a magnitude number to an earthquake based on the maximum amplitude of the seismic waves as recorded on a seismometer and the distance of the seismometer station from the epicentre of the earthquake.
At least three.Please see the related question for an explanation as to why.A minimum of three seismograph or seismometer stations are required to locate the epicentre of an earthquake.
The Richter scale assigns a magnitude number to an earthquake based on the maximum amplitude of the seismic waves as recorded on a seismometer and the distance of the seismometer station from the epicentre of the earthquake.
Seismometer was created in 1880.
Scientists can calculate the distance that an earthquake occurs from a seismometer station by looking at the record of the seismic waves and measuring the difference in time between the arrival of P and S-waves. This gives them a distance but not a direction. So they plot this distance on a map by drawing a circle round the seismometer station. The radius of this circle is equal to the distance to the epicentre. If this is done for one other seismometer station that has recorded the earthquake then the circles will intersect in two places. If you add in a 3rd station and so a third circle they will all intersect in one place - the epicentre of the earthquake. In reality this process is automated by computer and lots of readings from lots of stations are used.
Assuming you mean 'seismogram' - it's a printout from a seismometer... which is an instrument that measures earthquakes.
Using the difference in their arrival times and an estimate of their velocity of propagation you can calculate the distance of the earthquake epicentre from the seismometer recording station. If you do this from three or more different seismometer stations you can triangulate it's position. For more information please see the related question.
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.
No. A minimum of three seismometer stations are required to locate an earthquakes epicentre. Please see the related question for more information.
A seismometer (the term seismograph may be used to describe a seismometer combined with an instrument for recording and displaying the amplitude and frequency of the seismic waves that the seismometer measures). Please see the related link.