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Earth Science Question:

summarize how scientists can use seismic waves to measure and locate earthquakes

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By using The time that the S-waves and P-waves at separate seismometers can be used to find the location of the earthquake. With the relevant speed in both the S-waves and P-waves, the difference in time between their arrivals finds the distance that the earthquake is from the seismometer.
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