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If an Earthquake Occurred 2000 Km Away from a Seismic

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If an earthquake occurred 2000 km away from a seismic station, how long after the P- wave arrival would the station detect the S- wave arrival on the same seismogram?


A) 7.6 min
B) 3.6 min
C) 2 min
D) 4 min

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