The following seismic waves are used to locate the earthquake epicenters:

A. surface waves and P waves.
B. Rayleigh waves and P waves.
C. P waves and S waves.
D. surface waves and S waves.
E. L waves and S waves.


Ans: C. P waves and S waves.

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