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Why can't seismic stations locate the foucs? Why can they only locate the epicenter?

Why can't seismic stations locate the foucs? Why can they only locate the epicenter?
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Why can't seismic stations locate the foucs? Why can they only locate the epicenter?

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the focus of an earthquake is internal and is harder to record than the waves of an epicenter, which are on the surface.
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