Activity 4: Locating an Earthquake Epicenter Examining Seismograms
Activity 4: Locating an Earthquake Epicenter Examining Seismograms
Activity 4: Locating an Earthquake Epicenter Examining Seismograms
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Directions:Figure3illustratesseismogramsfromthesameearthquakerecordedatLosAngeles,CA,St.Louis,MO<strong>an</strong>dHouston,TX.Usethisinformationto<strong>an</strong>swerthefollowingquestions.1. Usethetravel‐timegraph,Figure2,todeterminethedist<strong>an</strong>cethateachstationinFigure3isfromtheepicenter.Writeyour<strong>an</strong>swersintheepicenterdatatable,Table1.2. Afteryouhavedeterminedthedist<strong>an</strong>cethateachstationisfromtheepicenter,usethedrawingcompassprovidedtodrawacirclearoundeachofthethreestationswitharadius,inmiles,equaltoitsdist<strong>an</strong>cefromtheepicenter.UsethemapoftheUnitedStates.(Note:Usethedist<strong>an</strong>cescaleprovidedonthemaptosetthedist<strong>an</strong>ceonthedrawingcompassforeachstation.)
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