draw the location of the epicenter of an earthquake in Carmona,Silang,Gma Cavite if the hypothetical distance of epicenter in carmona is 300km,silang is 200km,and gma is 200km?
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How Can I Locate the Earthquake Epicenter?
Multiple Seismic Stations
To figure out just where that earthquake happened, you need recordings from seismic stations in other places. While earthquake locations are normally done with a computer that can quickly determine the paths of seismic waves through the Earth to many seismic stations, you can get a good estimate of an earthquake location using a map, a ruler, a pencil, and a compass for drawing circles on the map.
Here are examples of a seismograms from different places in North America that recorded the same earthquake. Distances from the stations to the earthquake are estimated from the difference between P and S wave arrival times:
Epicenter of earthquake in Carmona is 500 km
Given:
Carmona's epicenter is 300 kilometers away, Silang is 200 kilometers away, and GMA is 200 kilometers away.
To Find:
Locate an earthquake's epicenter in Carmona.
Explanation:
The hypothetical distance of the epicenter is 200 kilometers, Silang is 200 kilometers,
and GMA is 200 kilometers,
hence the outcome is
=300+200
=500 kilometres.
The epicenter of an earthquake in Carmona is 500 kilometers away.
hence, epicenter of an earthquake in Carmona is 500 kilometers