If your seismograph station is located 1,000 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake, how long will it take, to the nearest 0.1 minutes, for the first P waves to travel from the epicenter to your station? What about the S waves? (Use Figure 2 graph to answer) The travel-time graphFigure 2 is a seismic wave travel-timegraph. It shows the time required for Pand S waves to travel any distance up to3000 miles. The lag time for any15141312distance = travel time for S waves -11travel time for P waves. For example,consider a seismograph stationed 3,000miles from the epicenter of anearthquake. It takes S waves 14.7108minutes and P waves 8.3 minutes totravel 3,000 miles. Therefore, the lagtime for any point that is 3,000 milesfrom the epicenter will be 14.7 – 8.3minutes = 6.4 minutes.4Use Figure 2 to answer questions 6-9.326. How far do S waves travel in 5minutes? What about P waves?7. If your seismograph station islocated 1,000 miles from theepicenter of an earthquake, howlong will it take, to the nearest 0.1minutes, for the first P waves to travel from the epicenter to your station?501000 1500 200025003000Figure 2. Travel-time graph Distance in MilesWhat about the S waves?8. Based on your answers to the previous question, what is the lag time for locations that are1,000 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake?9. How does the lag time change as you get farther andfarther from the epicenter of an earthquake?MantealEoicenterS600 kmSdc PauloTime in Minutes400 km

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If your seismograph station is located 1,000 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake, how long will it take, to the nearest 0.1 minutes, for the first P waves to travel from the epicenter to your station? What about the S waves? (Use Figure 2 graph to answer)