Summary In this work, we explore the feasibility of estimating velocity dispersion based on velocity analysis of pre-stack seismic data. We tested the methodology on a set of synthetic CMP gathers with different central frequencies. Pre-stack synthetic seismic data was generated from a model that consists of 509 homogeneous and isotropic layers and includes a periodically layered zone. The results show that the velocity variation due to multiple scattering ranges from 4% to 28%. Most of the values are higher than 10%, which is a realistic uncertainty in velocity analysis.