Multiple Choice
A long delay between the arrival of P-waves and S-waves at a seismometer means that
A) the earthquake only produced P-waves.
B) the focus of the earthquake was very deep in the Earth's crust.
C) the seismometer is located far from the earthquake.
D) the earthquake had a very small displacement.
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