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There is no limiting distance. But just like in any other medium, the sound generally

spreads out and its amplitude decreases as it proceeds farther, so there's some

distance past which you can't detect it any more, and to all appearances, you would

say that the sound has not traveled any further than that. The distance depends on

the substance, and on the amplitude of the sound at its source.

(Sound waves that originate in thunder travel many miles through the ground.

Sound waves that originate in earthquakes travel many hundreds, or thousands,

of miles through rock.)

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