USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: epicenter

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Title	Comment	Keywords
Joshua Tree National Park on Shaky Ground	n.a. / n.a.	Joshua Tree, earthquake, fault, seismology, seismogram, intensity, magnitude, epicenter, focus, seismograph
Earthquakes	30 minutes / n.a.	earthquake, Parkfield, fault, energy, "San Andreas Fault", magnitude, epicenter, "secondary wave", "Richter Scale", "primary wave", "fault zone", "earthquake prediction", "creep meter", "seismic wave"
Seismic Wave Velocities	06:46 - 07:36 (00:50) / 1.1 MB	earthquake, "P-wave", "S-wave", "primary wave", "secondary wave", epicenter, "Richard Hazlett"
Seismograph and Epicenter	07:36 - 08:31 (00:55) / 1.1 MB	seismograph, earthquake, "S-wave", "P-wave", "primary wave", "secondary wave", epicenter, energy, "Richard Hazlett"
Early Earthquake Detection Instruments	08:31 - 09:35 (01:04) / 1.2 MB	"James Sadd", earthquake, seismograph, China, "initial ground motion", vibration, "duplex pendulum", "San Francisco Earthquake", strength, duration, epicenter
Charles Richter	09:35 - 10:35 (01:00) / 0.5 MB	"Charles Richter", "Richter Scale", earthquake, "ground motion", energy, epicenter, magnitude
Types of Ground Vibrations	13:44 - 14:21 (00:37) / 2.1 MB	earthquake, "wave period", "natural period", vibration, "primary wave", "secondary wave", "surface wave", "ground motion", epicenter
Forecasting Earthquakes	15:21 - 16:20 (00:59) / 1.6 MB	Parkfield, earthquake, "San Andreas Fault", magnitude, epicenter, prediction
Living With the Earth: The Loma Prieta Earthquake	30 minutes / n.a.	earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", "earthquake prediction", magnitude, epicenter, "San Francisco Bay", "San Andreas Fault"
Fault Segments	12:49 - 14:18 (01:29) / 1.9 MB	"Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", Oakland, epicenter, "San Andreas Fault", earthquake, "fault segment", magnitude, "earthquake prediction", "North American Plate", "Pacific Plate"
Liquefaction	16:20 - 17:47 (01:27) / 2.2 MB	"William Bakun", "James Buika", liquefaction, epicenter, earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco Bay", soil, "ground motion", Embarcadero
Low Frequency Electromagnetic Waves	18:51 - 19:33 (00:42) / 1.1 MB	"Anthony Frasier-Smith", "San Francisco", "Santa Cruz Mountains", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", epicenter, "earthquake prediction", "low frequency electromagnetic wave", "Stanford University"
Conclusion	25:25 - 26:55 (01:30) / 2.0 MB	"James Sadd", earthquake, "earthquake prediction", liquefaction, epicenter
epicenter	n.a. / n.a.	epicenter
hypocenter, focus	n.a. / n.a.	hypocenter, focus, epicenter

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