Chapter 2: Problem 57
Earthquakes produce several types of shock waves. The most well known are the P-waves (P for \(primary\) or \(pressure\)) and the S-waves (S for \(secondary\) or \(shear\)). In the earth's crust, P-waves travel at about 6.5 km/s and S-waves move at about 3.5 km/s. The time delay between the arrival of these two waves at a seismic recording station tells geologists how far away an earthquake occurred. If the time delay is 33 s, how far from the seismic station did the earthquake occur?
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