The farther away a seismic station is from an earthquake's hypocenter the ________.

A. the longer the delay is between the arrival of the P waves and S waves
B. more likely it is that only surface waves will be recorded
C. the shorter the delay is between the arrival of the P waves and S waves
D. more likely it is that only S waves will be recorded


Answer: A

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