Earthquake P and S waves

An earthquakes P-wave arrives at a seismic station at 2:40:00. The earthquakes S-wave arrived at the same station exactly two minutes later. What is the approximate distance from the station to the epicenter?

• 1,100 km

• 2,400 km

• 3,100 km

• 4,000 km

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Approximately how far away from seismic station A is the epicenter of the earthquake?

• 4,400 km

• 5,400 km

• 5,900 km

• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How much farther is station A than station B?

• 1,800 km

• 5,400 km

• 3,600 km

• 7,200 km

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A P-wave takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from an earthquake's epicenter to a seismic station. How long will it take an S-wave to travel to the same seismic station?

• 6 minutes 40 seconds

• 9 minutes 40 seconds

• 15 minutes 0 seconds

• 19 minutes 0 seconds

An earthquake's first P-wave arrives at a seismic station at 12:00:00. This P-wave has traveled 6,000 km from the epicenter. What time will the first S-wave from the same earthquake arrive at the seismic station?

• 11:52:20

• 12:07:20

• 12:09:20

• 12:17:00