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Rainbow [258]
3 years ago
14

P and s waves from an earthquake travel at different speeds, and this difference helps in locating the earthquake âepicenterâ (w

here the disturbance took place). (a) if an earthquake occurs and these two waves arrive at a particular seismic station with the p wave 2.0 min ahead of the s wave, then how far away was the earthquake? assume typical speeds of 8.5 km/s and 5.5 km/s for p and s waves, respectively.
Physics
1 answer:
mamaluj [8]3 years ago
8 0

Although the speeds are different, but the two waves will reach the same station so the same distance.

dp = ds

The formula for distance given velocity and time is:

d = v t

Substituting this to the 1st equation:

vp tp = vs ts

Since p wave arrived 2 min (120 s) earlier than s wave, therefore

tp = ts - 120

Then,

vp (ts – 120) = vs ts

8.5 (ts – 120) = 5.5 ts

8.5 ts - 1020 = 5.5 ts

3 ts = 1020

ts = 340 s

 

tp = ts – 120 = 340 – 120 = 220 s

 

Then using either dp or ds, we can calculate how far away the earthquake is:

dp = vp tp

dp = 8.5 * 220

dp = 1870 km = 1.9 * 10^3 km

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