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A Seismic Hog Call Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/28/2014
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The Cache is NOT located at the coordinates provided.

One night after a huge win by the Razorbacks, an enormous Hog Call spontaneously erupted.  It was so loud, that on the last word when they yelled, 'RAZORBACKS!,' it registered as a seismic event. 3 stations around the area recorded it. It is your job to locate where this event occurred. 

There are 2 types of seismic waves that both move at different velocities. The P-Wave or primary wave is the faster of the two which generally travels between 6 and 6.75 Kilometers per second. The S-Wave or secondary wave follows with a velocity between 2.9 and 4 Kilometers per second. 

For this event lets assume the P-Waves moved at 6 KM / Sec, and the S-Waves moved at 4 KM / Sec.

Station 1 location  36.432900, -94.334668  P-Wave arrival - 23:58:08.9673  S-Wave arrival - 23:58:09.7673

Station 2 location  36.544758, -94.200658  P-Wave arrival - 23:58:09.5691  S-Wave arrival - 23:58:10.6664

Station 3 location  36.400078, -94.161016  P-Wave arrival - 23:58:08.5008  S-Wave arrival - 23:58:09.0633

Where the Hog Call occurred, they left a small container with 3 Kennedy half dollars, one each for the first 3 to find it, as well as some other coins. 

congratulations Dean731 for FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

KK.KKK450, KK.KKK579 (Qrpvzny Sbezng)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)