Earthquakes & Seismic Waves

EARTHQUAKE & SEISMIC WAVE SIMULATION

▸ Building crustal cross-section & fault…

▸ Loading P/S/surface-wave velocity model

▸ Storing elastic strain energy at the hypocenter

▸ Calibrating seismograph & station…

▸ Configuring the Mw scale & intensity attenuation

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Seismograph (station)

📈 Waves at the station

P → S → surface waves

Magnitude—

Station to epicenter—

S − P delay—

Energy—

Intensity at station—

State—

Notes

A larger S−P delay → the station is farther from the epicenter (Δt × ~8 km). Moment magnitude Mw is a logarithmic scale: +1 unit ⇒ energy ×~32.

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Press “Trigger earthquake” · drag Magnitude / Distance on the right · click the scene (hypocenter/station/waves) or a concept for details

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Shaking amplitude at the station over time amplitudeP→surface progress