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A method for the calculation of seismic waves velocities at focal depth is here proposed. A stratified earth model with spherical symmetry and the analytical relationship between the epicentral distance and the travel times of seismic waves are used.
This method, applied to the southern Tyrrhenian region and to the Japanese islands, allows to reduce the observed travel times to the focal depth independently of a particular velocity model.
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Bottari, A., Federico, B., Pietrafesa, M. et al. Procedure of reduction of travel-time curves ofP andS waves at the focal surface. PAGEOPH 140, 641–653 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00876581
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