3.Suppose that an earthquake occurs, and the epicenter is 80 km from a recording

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how many seconds would it be 

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P-waves covers about 4.8*10^3km in 8 minutes.

Given that;

4800km = 8min

80km = ?

=80*8/4800=

=0.1333333

0.133333*60

= about 8 seconds


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