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How many seismometers are needed to determine the location of an epicenter of an earthquake?

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Three seismographs

Three seismographs are needed. A circle is drawn from each of the three different seismograph locations, where the radius of each circle is equal to the distance from that station to the epicenter. The spot where those three circles intersect is the epicenter (Figure 13.12).

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