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Controlling where sound goes is difficult because of a phenomenon called diffraction – the tendency of sound waves to spread out as they travel. This effect is particularly strong for low-frequency ...

However, the residents of Delhi-NCR recounted the moment and said they also heard a loud sound. As Delhi-NCR was jolted by an early morning earthquake, National Centre for Seismology director ...

It just shows that the earthquake was a shallow one. Suppose a train is coming, as it gets closer, the sound gets louder. In the same way, when an earthquake occurs, seismic waves travel through the ...