Refer to Earthquake 1 for questions 3 through 6. 3. What was the approximate location of the earthquake?
4. Which city on the map is closest to the earthquake epicenter? How far, in kilometers, is this city from the epicenter? (use the scale)
5. Which city, Houston, Denver or Seattle, had the fastest P wave travel time?
Which of those cities was closest to the epicenter? Fill in the statement
below.
The faster the P-wave travel time, the to the epicenter.
6. List in order the 3 cities seismologists would detect the earthquake in order from first to last?
7. When you are trying to locate an epicenter, why is it necessary to know the distance from
the epicenter for three recording stations?
8. What happens to the difference in arrival times between P waves and S-waves as the
distance from the earthquake increases?