Аннотация:In this paper the authors present the error estimation in determining main parameters of earthquake hypocenter
based on solving the system of linear equations, expressing the relationship between earthquake coordinates and the
coordinates of the seismic stations. The results of the error estimation in determining the epicenter coordinates and
the focus depth of the earthquakes recorded by the system of 30 seismic stations in Vietnam are presented, interpreted
and compared with the results of the previous studies.
The results show that the operation of the seismic network of Vietnam is not really optimal, particularly when determining
the epicenter coordinates and the focus depth of the earthquakes in the East Vietnam Sea region.
The national seismic network of Vietnam allows determination of the epicenter coordinates and the focal depth of
earthquakes for most of the Vietnam territory with the errors Δh ≤ 20 km, Δφ ≤ 4 km, Δ ≤ 5 km. The errors of the determination
of the epicenter coordinates and the focal depth of the earthquakes are increasing to the south and southwest
areas of the territory of Vietnam and reach the maximum in these areas. Particularly, errors of the determination
of the epicenter coordinates (Δφ, Δλ) and the focal depth (Δh) of earthquakes increase very rapidly toward the East
Sea of Vietnam and reach the maximum in the region between the longitudes of 116-118°E.
The Vietnam seismic network allows determining the epicenter coordinates and the focal depth of earthquakes in
the Northern Vietnam with the smaller errors than in Central and Southern Vietnam, and this fact proves that the distribution
of seismic network in the Northern Vietnam is more optimal than the station networks in the Central and
Southern Vietnam. Therefore, in order to improve the effectiveness of the Vietnam seismic network, more seismic
stations need to be added to the Central and Southern Vietnam.