Location 08


Location 08 : The latitude, longitude and depth of where the fault causing the earthquake begins to rupture. This three dimensional location is known as the hypocentre. The two dimensional location of latitude and longitude is known the epicentre. The latitude is the number of degrees north (+) or south (?) of the equator and varies from 0 at the equator to 90 at the poles. The longitude is the number of degrees east (+) or west (?) of the zero longitude through Greenwich. The depth is in kilometres
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