Two different recording stations have found that they had the same value for ΔT after an earthquake. If this is all the information they have so far, what can they conclude?

The epicenter is the same distance from both recording stations

Explanation:

ΔT is the time between anomaly occurrence and the origin time of the earthquake.

Now, we are told both stations had the same value for ΔT.

This means that their points on the earth's surface which vertically above the focus of the earthquake is the same and thus we can conclude that the epicenter is the same distance from both stations.

answer: option (4) is the correct answer.

explanation:

areas which are at low altitudes and near the equator tend to receive direct sunlight from the sun. hence, heat energy or radiations from the sun make these areas warmer and they have warmest water.

whereas areas which are at high altitudes and away from the equator do no receive direct sunlight. hence, no direct contact from the sun makes these regions colder and thus, they have colder water.

thus, we can conclude that the statement areas at low latitudes near the equator have the warmest water because they receive the most direct sunlight best explains the relationship between an area's geography and the temperature of its surface water.