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Focal Depth

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Focal depth is the distance between the Epicentre and Hypocentre of an earthquake. It can be thought of as the z coordinate of an earthquake location, assuming, as is usually the case, that the positive z axis points into the earth.


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See Also: Hypocentre, Epicentre, Hypocentre


Cross-references: Hypocentre, Epicentre
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This is version 1 of Focal Depth, born on 2006-03-25.
Object id is 141, canonical name is FocalDepth.
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Physics Classification: 91.30.Px (Phenomena related to earthquake prediction)

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