Instructional Video

Iris: 10 Different Earthquakes of Equal Magnitude Recorded by One Station

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This animation uses a gridded sphere is to show that: 1) the seismic stations don't need to be lined up longitudinally to create travel-time curves, as they appear in the first animation, and 2) a single station records widely separated earthquakes that plot on the travel-time curves. [1:22]

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional