Description
In this activity, students will use SeisMac to kinesthetically explore the "meaning" of three component seismic data.
Audience
All Audiences
Time
70 Minutes
Objective
- Describe the information contained in a three-component seismogram
- Identify the first S and P waves on a three-component seismogram.
- Describe how first S and P wave arrivals provide evidence for the curved path seismic waves take when they travel through the Earth
Supporting Resources
SeisMac software installed on a Mac laptop
Earthquake video clip(QuickTime) – 1995 Kobe 7.2M
Download a three-component seismogram from a recent event via the Rapid Earthqauke Viewer
