The P-wave from an earthquake arrives at a seismic station at 10:20 am and the S-wave...

The P-wave from an earthquake arrives at a seismic station at 10:20 am and the S-wave arrives at 10:25 am. Assuming the P-wave velocity is 5 km s−1, and that Poisson’s ratio is 0.25, compute the time at which the earthquake occurred and its epicentral distance (in degrees) from the seismic station.

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