Figure 3: Plot of earthquakes
recorded (closed circles) versus not recorded (open circles) by the AS1
seismograph operating at Boston College. The grey curve is an estimate
of the threshold for how big an earthquake must be at a given distance
in order for the AS1 to record it at this particular site. Dashed line
corresponds to unusually strong signals from "PKP" waves that travel
through the Earth's core and are focused in that narrow range of
distances.