Questing · 2026-09-25 · Seismology · Zero Dependencies

TREMOR

Click to make an earthquake. Two rings race outward — P (amber, compressional, faster) always ahead of S (teal, shear, slower). The time gap between arrivals is how seismologists locate every earthquake on Earth.

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SEISMOMETER ▲
P-WAVE (compressional · faster · amber) S-WAVE (shear · slower · teal)
cP = 1.73 cS = 1.00 P→S delay: —
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