At any given seismograph station
A) the S waves arrive before the P waves.
B) the surface waves arrive first.
C) the P waves arrive first.
D) the P waves are always largest.
E) distance to earthquake is determined using the size of the P waves.
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Q21: A section of an otherwise active fault
Q22: Of the seismic waves,P waves
A) travel fastest.
B)
Q23: Normal fault earthquakes
A) occur mostly at subduction
Q24: Energy in the form of deformation strain
Q25: S waves
A) are shear waves.
B) travel through
Q27: A great earthquake is one
A) that lasts
Q28: If you're indoors and you feel shaking
Q29: In the 1985 Mexico earthquake buildings with
Q30: The magnitude of an earthquake is a
Q31: When seismic waves travel from hard materials
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