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Fittoniya [83]
3 years ago
5

Why are L waves not usually seen on a seisogram?

Physics
1 answer:
bogdanovich [222]3 years ago
3 0
Because P waves are the fastest seismic waves, they will usually be the first ones that your seismograph... sorry couldn't find anymore info from my teacher, well I couldn't remember all of it.
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