ESRT page 11 Part C and D

An earthquake occurs 6800 km from the seismic station which recorded the p and s-waves recordings. What was the time difference between the arrival times of the p and s-waves?

• 00:10:10

• 00:08:20

• 00:18:40

• 00:014:40

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The s-waves of an earthquake arrived 00:07:20 after the p-waves. How far away was the earthquakes epicenter?

• 2000 km

• 5600 km

• 4200 km

• 1400 km

What is the approximate P-wave travel time from an earthquake if the P-wave arrives at the seismic station 8 minutes before the S-wave?

• 4 minutes 20 seconds
• 6 minutes 30 seconds
• 10 minutes 0 seconds
• 11 minutes 20 seconds

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

If a seismic station is 3200 km from an earthquake epicenter, what is the time needed for an S-wave to travel from the epicenter to the seismic station?

• 4 min 40 sec 
• 6 min 0 sec 
• 10 min 40 sec
• 11 min 10 sec

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Seismic station A is 5000 kilometers from the epicenter. What is the difference between the arrival time of the first P-wave and the arrival time of the first S-wave recorded at this station?

• 2 minutes 20 seconds

• 6 minutes 40 seconds

• 8 minutes 20 seconds

• 15 minutes 00 second

How long after receiving the first P-wave from an earthquake centered 4000 kilometers away does a seismic station receive its first S-wave from the same earthquake?

• 1 minute

• 5 minutes 35 seconds

• 7 minutes

• 12 minutes 40 seconds

An earthquake’s first P-wave arrives at a seismic station at 12:00:00. This P-wave has traveled 6000 kilometers from the epicenter. At what time will the first S-wave from the same earthquake arrive at the seismic station? 

• 11:52:20

• 12:07:40

• 12:09:20

• 12:17:00

The first S-wave arrived at a seismograph station 11 minutes after an earthquake occurred. How long after the arrival of the first P-wave did this first S-wave arrive?

• 3 minutes 15 seconds

• 4 minutes 55 seconds

• 6 minutes 05 seconds

• 9 minutes 00 seconds

Station D is 8000 kilometers from the earthquake epicenter. How long did it take for the first P-wave to travel from the epicenter to station D? 

• 9 minutes 20 seconds

• 11 minutes 20 seconds

• 20 minutes 40 seconds

• 4 minutes 20 seconds

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A P-wave takes 5 minutes to travel from the epicenter of an earthquake to a seismic station. Approximately how many minutes will it take an S-wave to travel that same distance?

• 15 minutes

• 12 minutes

• 9 minutes

• 4 minutes