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Seismic Waves 05:27 - 06:46 (01:19) / 1.6 MB earthquake, energy, "plane of slip", fault, "frictional heat", "seismic wave", "P-wave", "S-wave", "primary wave", "secondary wave", "shear wave", "shear stress", "Dee Trent"
body wave, P wave, S wave, compressional wave, shear wave n.a. / n.a. "body wave", "P-wave", "S-wave", "compressional wave", "shear wave", "surface wave"
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