To find the distance from a seismic recording station to an epicenter, what information is needed? (1) the arrival time of P-waves (2) the arrival time of S-waves (3) the arrival time of P-waves added to the arrival time of S-waves (4) the arrival time of P-waves subtracted from the arrival time of S-waves

Elianna Lawrence

Elianna Lawrence

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2022-07-16

To find the distance from a seismic recording station to an epicenter, what information is needed? (1) the arrival time of P-waves (2) the arrival time of S-waves (3) the arrival time of P-waves added to the arrival time of S-waves (4) the arrival time of P-waves subtracted from the arrival time of S-waves

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Tamoni5e

Tamoni5e

Beginner2022-07-17Added 14 answers

In this question we have to determine how distance between epicenter and seismic station is calculated.
To determine the distance between the epicenter and the seismic station we would require the arrival time of first P-wave and S-wave. Then we will take the difference of their arrival time to determine the distance between epicenter and seismic station. Hence the correct answer is optlon (4).
Result:
(4) arrlval time of P-waves subtracted from the arrlval time of S-waves.

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