ASSIGNMENT 4

CE133-1 EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

PROBLEM

The seismograms coming from three seismic stations of Japan

from an earthquake event were given. Complete the table to
determine the earthquake’s Richter Magnitude (ML) recorded
for each station and locate the earthquake’s epicenter on the
Japan map given.
 S-P Epicenter
P-wave S-wave
Recording Interval Distance
arrival arrival
Station time
time time
(sec)
11:30:00
Pusan
PM
11:30:00
Tokyo
PM
11:30:00
Akita
PM