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Flat Earth Q&A / Earthquakes
« on: February 18, 2014, 02:56:39 PM »
Earthquakes are known to create seismic waves in two forms: primary waves (longitudinal/compression), and secondary waves (transverse). When there is an earthquake, there is a "shadow zone" almost on the other side of the earth with no P or S waves. According to RE, this is because P waves are refracted by Earth's fluid-like outer core, and S waves cannot go through fluids at all.
How does FET account for this? Wouldn't there be seismic waves all across the Earth, just decreasing in intensity the farther away you went? If the Earth were flat, there would be no shadow zone.
How does FET account for this? Wouldn't there be seismic waves all across the Earth, just decreasing in intensity the farther away you went? If the Earth were flat, there would be no shadow zone.