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Earthquake Epicenter Detective

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Identify epicenters from fault cues.

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Renia Palacio
Renia Palacio
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Identify epicenters from fault cues.

by Renia Palacio
1

What is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake?

2

Which seismic waves are the first to be recorded by a seismograph?

3

Triangulation to locate an epicenter uses data from how many stations at minimum?

4

What does a shorter P-S wave arrival time difference indicate about distance to the epicenter?

5

Which fault type is most associated with rapid vertical movement?

6

Which term describes the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus?

7

Which data helps estimate the epicenter distance from a station?

8

What is the main goal of seismic triangulation?

9

If a station records a large S-wave delay, the epicenter is:

10

Which wave type causes most of the ground shaking near the epicenter?

 
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