How fast do earthquake S-waves travel?
12,600 km/hAbout 7,830 mph · Orbit
About 3.5 km a second, arriving after the P-waves.
That's about 220 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🌍12,600 km/h
🔊the speed of sound
By speed: an earthquake S-wave is about 10× faster than the speed of sound.
Things about as fast
- How fast does Uranus spin at its equator?9,320 km/h
- How fast does Neptune spin at its equator?9,650 km/h
- How fast does a geostationary satellite move?11,070 km/h
- How fast was the X-43A scramjet?11,265 km/h
- How fast is a GPS satellite?13,900 km/h
- What is Mercury's escape velocity?15,300 km/h
- How fast does Pluto orbit the Sun?17,064 km/h
- What is Mars's escape velocity?18,108 km/h
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