Question

explain why the intensity of the shock waves could felt as far as blantyre en zomba that is about 115 km and 150 km from the epicenter ?

Answer 1

The seismic waves can be felt form large distances and can travels 6 km per second.

Step-by-step explanation:

• As the shocks waves travel faster than sound waves their speed increases with the increase in amplitude and thus energy is expanded in the medium in which it travels.

• The epicenter sends out the waves that act like large objects dropped on still waters and these seismic waves tend to ripple through the surface, can travel 2 miles per second in granite rocks.