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Division of San Jose City San Jose City National High School

1. The document provides instructions for students to determine the epicenter of a hypothetical earthquake using data from seismic recording stations in Batangas, Puerto Princesa, and Davao. 2. Students are given the differences in arrival times between P and S waves and asked to use a formula to compute the distance from each station to the epicenter. 3. By drawing circles around each station with radii equal to the computed distances, students can identify the point where the circles intersect as the epicenter.

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Division of San Jose City San Jose City National High School

1. The document provides instructions for students to determine the epicenter of a hypothetical earthquake using data from seismic recording stations in Batangas, Puerto Princesa, and Davao. 2. Students are given the differences in arrival times between P and S waves and asked to use a formula to compute the distance from each station to the epicenter. 3. By drawing circles around each station with radii equal to the computed distances, students can identify the point where the circles intersect as the epicenter.

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
DIVISION OF SAN JOSE CITY
SAN JOSE CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SCIENCE 10

Name:_____________________________________ Score:____________
Year & Section: _____________________ Date:____________

Activity 1.2
Finding the Epicenter

Materials:

• Hypothetical records of earthquake waves


• Philippine map
• drawing compass and ruler

Procedure:

1. Study the data showing the difference in the arrival time of P-wave and S-wave on
three seismic recording stations.

Time difference in the


arrival time of P-wave Distance of epicenter
Recording Station
and S-wave from the station (km)
(seconds)

Batangas 44.8

Puerto Princesa 32

Davao 38.4

2. Compute the distance of the epicenter from each of the stations using this formula:
Td
d= ×100 km
8 seconds

Where: d= distance (km)


Td= time difference in the arrival time of P-wave and S-wave (seconds)

Note:This formula is suited because 8 seconds is the interval between the times of
arrival of the P-wave and S-wave at a distance of 100 km.
Computed
distance on
Recording Station How to compute the distance on the map
the map
(cm)

Batangas

Puerto Princesa

Davao

3. Choose one of the recording stations and measure the computeddistance on the
map scale (the scale of the map in Figure 7 is 1.5 cm: 200 km). Set your compass for
that computed distance.
4. Center your compass on the station you have chosen. Draw a circle.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the rest of the stations. You should get three circles that
intersect or nearly intersect at a point. This intersection is the epicenter.

Guide Questions

Q1. Where is the epicenter of this hypothetical earthquake?


_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.

Q2. What difficulty will you encounter if you only have data from two recording
stations?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
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Figure 7. Map of the Philippines

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