How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
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To find an earthquake epicenter you need at least three seismographs. Find the distance from each seismograph to the earthquake epicenter. The interception of the three circles is the epicenter.
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Earthquake is one of the most dangerous natural disasters. Earthquake occurs for the movement of the tectonic plates in earth's interior.
Seismograph is a instrument which is used to calculate the earthquake force and another characteristics.
A geologist uses atleast three seismograph at a time to calculate the proper epicenter of the earthquake detecting the S waves related to the P waves.
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