Locate the epicenter of an earthquake using the triangulation method and answer the following questions. Procedure:...

 

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Locate the epicenter of an earthquake using the triangulation method and answer the following questions. Procedure: 1. Study the data showing the difference in the arrival time of P-wave and S-wave on three seismic Recording Station Time difference in the arrival time of Distance of epicenter from P-wave and S-wave (seconds) the station (km) Batangas Puerto Princesa Davao 44.8 32 38.4 2. Compute the distance of the epicenter from each of the stations using this formu: d=; x 100 km seconds 3. Draw or print a Philippine map that you can use in this activity. Choose one of the recording stations and measure the computer distance on the map scae. The suggested scale is 1.5 cm: 200 km. Set your compass for that computed distance. Center your compass on the station you have chosen. Draw a circle. 4. Repeat step 3 for the rest of the station. You should get three circles that interested or nearly intersect at a point. This intersection is the epicenter. 5. Answer the following questions. a Where is the epicenter of this hypothetical earthquake? b. What difficulty will you encounter if you only have data from two recording stations? c. What do you think is the importance of determining the epicenter of an earthquake? Locate the epicenter of an earthquake using the triangulation method and answer the following questions. Procedure: 1. Study the data showing the difference in the arrival time of P-wave and S-wave on three seismic Recording Station Time difference in the arrival time of Distance of epicenter from P-wave and S-wave (seconds) the station (km) Batangas Puerto Princesa Davao 44.8 32 38.4 2. Compute the distance of the epicenter from each of the stations using this formu: d=; x 100 km seconds 3. Draw or print a Philippine map that you can use in this activity. Choose one of the recording stations and measure the computer distance on the map scae. The suggested scale is 1.5 cm: 200 km. Set your compass for that computed distance. Center your compass on the station you have chosen. Draw a circle. 4. Repeat step 3 for the rest of the station. You should get three circles that interested or nearly intersect at a point. This intersection is the epicenter. 5. Answer the following questions. a Where is the epicenter of this hypothetical earthquake? b. What difficulty will you encounter if you only have data from two recording stations? c. What do you think is the importance of determining the epicenter of an earthquake?

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5 a In fact the epicenter of a hypothetical earthquake is located at the point where the earthquake ... View the full answer