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The following questions are for Lab Exercise 6 Hypothetically, an earthquake with Richter scale 7.0 took place in Midwes
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questions are for Lab Exercise 6 Hypothetically, an earthquake with Richter scale 7.0 took place in Midwest region of the United States on a particular day. Geologists approved that this earthquake was related to the New Madrid Fault. The earthquake's epicenter was located at downtown St Louis (Latitude 39 N. Longitude 90W), which was calculated based on the seismic waves received by the following seismic stations. Station 1: 2000 miles from St Louis Station 2: 1600 miles from St Louis Station 3: 2750 miles from St Louis Use all the applicable figures in Lab 6 to answer the following
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Questions 1-4 are related to the same earthquake with epicenter located in St. Louis. 1. If P waves arrived at the Station 2 at 3:00pm, when did the S-waves arrive at this particular seismic station? Please explain. (15 points)