How fast do earthquake P-waves travel?
21,600 km/hAbout 13,400 mph · Orbit
About 6 km a second through the crust, outrunning the shaking that follows.
That's about 390 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🌍21,600 km/h
✈️Concorde
By speed: an earthquake P-wave is about 9.9× faster than Concorde.
Things about as fast
- How fast does Pluto orbit the Sun?17,064 km/h
- What is Mars's escape velocity?18,108 km/h
- How fast does Neptune orbit the Sun?19,548 km/h
- How fast does Titan orbit Saturn?20,052 km/h
- How fast is sound in steel?21,456 km/h
- How fast was the DART spacecraft when it hit an asteroid?22,104 km/h
- How fast does Uranus orbit the Sun?24,480 km/h
- How fast is the International Space Station?27,600 km/h
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].