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Posted by Angie on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 9:59pm.

The separation of P-waves and S-waves on a seismogram recorded 4500 km from the epicenter of an earthquake is six minutes. On another seismogram that separation is seven minutes. Is the second station closer to or more distant from the epicenter? Explain.

Science - drwls, Monday, March 16, 2009 at 11:31pm
What do you think? As the S and P waves travel away fom the epicenter, the distance between them increases.

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