How Do We Determine the Location of a Recent Earthquake

question 105

Multiple Choice

How do we determine the location of a recent earthquake?

• A) measure the amplitude of surface waves in a single station
• B) point video cameras at the landscape to record which way the surface moves
• C) use seismic records from three or more stations
• D) read old newspaper accounts of how the land moved
• E) none of these

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