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Object of the Activity
- Virtual Earthquake will show you the recordings of an
earthquake's seismic waves detected by instruments far
away from the earthquake. The instrument recording the
seismic waves is called a seismograph and the recording
is a seismogram. The point of origin of an earthquake is
called its focus and the point on the earth's surface
directly above the focus is the
epicenter. You are to locate the epicenter of an
earthquake by making simple measurments on three
seismograms that will be sent to you by the Virtual
Earthquake program. Additionally, you will be required to
determine the Richter Magnitude of that quake from the
same recordings. Richter Magnitude is an estimate of the
amount of energy released during and earthquake.
Steps to Follow:
- Go to the Virtual
Earthquake Site located at: http://vcourseware4.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeIntro.html
- There are four different geographic locations and go
to the one directed by your teahcers.
- After you complete seveal simulated earthquakes form
expert groups with studnets from the other groups and
share your results.
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