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Penentuan Lokasi Epicenter
Penentuan Lokasi Epicenter
For example, the P/S time interval in Saskatoon was 0 h, 2 min and
37 seconds.
2 minutes and
37 seconds
would
correspond to
about 1400 km.
A circle with a 1400 km radius could be drawn on a map with Saskatoon in the
middle. The epicenter would be somewhere on this circle.
Saskatoon
The procedure could be repeated for all
the other stations. The point where all 5
circles overlap would be the epicenter
of the earthquake.
In a different example, circles were drawn
around 3 seismic stations.