Using the S-minus-P time intervals and the travel-time curves in Fig. , determine the distance from the epicenter (in kilometers) for each seismic station
Using the S-minus-P time intervals and the travel-time curves in Fig. , determine the distance from the epicenter (in kilometers) for each seismic station
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Using the S-minus-P time intervals and the travel-time curves in Fig. , determine the distance from the epicenter (in kilometers) for each seismic station.
![Figure A11.3.1
SSPA
WCI
17:52:00
P-wave
first arrival
S-wave
first arrival
17:53:00
17:54:00
17:55:00
60 seconds
P-wave
first arrival
S-wave
first arrival
P-wave
first arrival
S-wave
first arrival
WVT
10
T T
17:56:00
QQ
17:52:00
17:53:00
17:54:00
17:55:00
17:56:00
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on August 23, 2011 (hours: minutes: seconds)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb9e6f454-aef3-4078-bf5c-8f7a3cacb5c5%2F618747ff-fdbe-43a3-873e-8a10a97f2632%2Fb7x9ask_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Figure A11.3.1
SSPA
WCI
17:52:00
P-wave
first arrival
S-wave
first arrival
17:53:00
17:54:00
17:55:00
60 seconds
P-wave
first arrival
S-wave
first arrival
P-wave
first arrival
S-wave
first arrival
WVT
10
T T
17:56:00
QQ
17:52:00
17:53:00
17:54:00
17:55:00
17:56:00
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on August 23, 2011 (hours: minutes: seconds)
![10
Time since the earthquake occurred (minutes)
ΤΑ
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
15-
15
Surface-wave first arrival
S-wave first arrival
P-wave first arrival
5
1000
Dashed rectangle is the area of the
travel-time graph B (right)
2000
Great-circle distance between the epicenter
and the seismograph (kilometers)
150
Time since the earthquake occurred (seconds)
50-
100-
B
4000
200-
S-wave first arrival
P-wave first arrival
-667 km-
200
400
600
800
Great-circle distance between the epicenter
and the seismograph (kilometers)
70 s
S-P time
1000
10
GRAPHS OF
SEISMIC WAVE
TRAVEL TIME
VS.
DISTANCE](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb9e6f454-aef3-4078-bf5c-8f7a3cacb5c5%2F618747ff-fdbe-43a3-873e-8a10a97f2632%2Fios12f_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:10
Time since the earthquake occurred (minutes)
ΤΑ
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
15-
15
Surface-wave first arrival
S-wave first arrival
P-wave first arrival
5
1000
Dashed rectangle is the area of the
travel-time graph B (right)
2000
Great-circle distance between the epicenter
and the seismograph (kilometers)
150
Time since the earthquake occurred (seconds)
50-
100-
B
4000
200-
S-wave first arrival
P-wave first arrival
-667 km-
200
400
600
800
Great-circle distance between the epicenter
and the seismograph (kilometers)
70 s
S-P time
1000
10
GRAPHS OF
SEISMIC WAVE
TRAVEL TIME
VS.
DISTANCE
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can you verify that this is correct? for sspa I got around 300 km so im unsure
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