How far from an earthquake epicenter is an observer who measured a difference of 8 min 40 sec in the arrival times of P and S waves?
S and p waves have a range of speeds you are going to need to provide the speed of each wave to correctly determine the distance that you are from the epicenter of the earthquake. ChaCha1
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