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Mesavie
Hillside
W
8
6 the difference in arrival time between the P? and the S? waves, use the graph above
1.Using
right to determine the distance from each seismic station to the earthquakes epicenter. Find
the 4
appropriate time on the horizontal axis, follow it upward to the diagonal line, and read off
the corresponding distance on the vertical axis. (3 points)
2
Mesaview 7.5
km
Hillside 4.4
km
2.Which
0 of the following locations was the source of the recent earthquake? (Use your answers
above and the
locations
on the illustration on the last page of this
0.2
0.4of each
0.6seismic
0.8station
1.0
0
handout to answer this question.) (1 points)
a.an eruption at Lava Mountain
b.a landslide at Red Mesa
c. fault movement at the Gray Cliffs
trench
Town
Possible earthquake
hazards (circle all
that apply)
Risk of
hazards
compared
to other
a. ground shaking
b.liquefaction
Sandpoint c. landslides and other slope
failures caused by shaking
a.high
b.moderate
c. low
d.destruction by tsunami
a. ground shaking
Hillside
b.liquefaction
a.high
b.moderate
d.destruction by tsunami
c. low
a. ground shaking
Casca
de
Villag
e
b.liquefaction
a.high
b.moderate
c. low
d.destruction by tsunami
a. ground shaking
Mesaview
b.liquefaction
a.high
b.moderate
d.destruction by tsunami
c. low
a. ground shaking
b. liquefaction
Ashton
a. high
b. moderat
e
c. low
a. Ground shaking
Cliffside
b. Liquefaction
c. landslides and other slope
failures caused by shaking
d. destruction by tsunami
a. high
b. moderat
e
c. low
a. Ground shaking
b. liquefaction
Riverton
a. ground shaking
White
Sands
b. liquefaction
c. landslides and other slope
failures caused by shaking
d. destruction by tsunami
a. high
b. moderat
e
c. low
a. high
b. moderat
e
c. low