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Copyright 1996 by the Electronic Desktop Project Earthquake simulates a large earthquake occurring somewhere in California and displays the seismograms of the s and p seismic waves as they are recorded at three remote stations. From the s-p time interval measured on these seismograms, students can determine the epicentral distance to the simulated earthquake and then using the technique of triangulation locate the epicenter of the quake. By measuring the amplitude of the recorded waves, the Richter magnitude can also be estimated. This application is used in general education introductory geology and oceanography courses. Earthquake was written by Dr. Gary Novak.
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