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A seismic recording station located 4000 kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake received the first P-wave at 7:10:00 p.m. (h:min:s). Other information that could be determined from this recording was that the earthquake occurred at approximately

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We have that the time the earthquake occurred is mathematically given as

The earthquake occurred at =7:03:00 pm

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A seismic recording station located 4000 kilometers from the epicenter

an earthquake received the first P-wave at 7:10:00 p.m. (h:min:s).

Generally

From t-x diagram, the x axis marks the distance of the station from the epicenter.

Hence we have that the P wave took 7 min to reach the station.

Arrival time of P and S wave is

dt=5 min 40 sec.

Therefore

The earthquake occurred at =7:03:00 pm

The S wave arrived at = 07:15:40 pm.

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