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The author considers the wave equation \[ u_{tt}- q(x)^{2}\Delta u=\delta(x-y)\theta_0(t),\quad(x,t)\in \Omega\subset\mathbb R^4, \tag{1} \] with \(\delta\) the Dirac delta-function and \(\theta_0\) the Heaviside function. Let \(\tau(x,y)\) denote the travel time of a signal from a point \(y\) to \(x\) (\(\tau\) is defined via the function \(q(x)\)). Put \(S_T=\{(x,t): x\in \partial \Omega\), \(\tau(x,y)< t<T+\tau(x,y)\}\). The problem is to find the following pair of functions: a solution to equation (1) satisfying the homogeneous Cauchy data and the data \[ u(x,t)=f(x,t),\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial n}=g(x,t),\quad (x,t)\in S_T, \] and the function \(q(x)\) provided that the function \(\tau\) is known for \(x\in \partial \Omega\). Under certain additional conditions, the author obtains a uniqueness theorem for this problem and stability estimates for the function \(q(x)\).