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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 earthquake would the station detect the P-wave arrival?

A) 4 minutes
B) 2 minutes
C) 7.5 minutes
D) 2000 minutes

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