What do you mean by Earthquake waves?
Earthquake waves are seismic waves that are created when energy builds up in rocks and they fracture.
Giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea.
Tsunami
What is an earthquake?
An earthquake is an intense shaking of Earth's surface. The shaking is caused by movements in Earth's outermost layer.
Fastest kind of Seismic waves
P waves
Waves that travel through the body of the earth
Body waves
Love Wave is named after who?
Augustus Edward Hough love
Waves that can only move through solid rock
S wave or Secondary wave
Types of Surface wave
Love waves and Rayleigh waves
What are the two main types of waves?
Body waves and Surface waves
This waves cause more destruction because of the long duration and larger amplitudes of the waves.
Surface waves
Waves that rolls along the ground just like the wave rolls across the lake or an ocean
Rayleigh waves
Fastest surface waves that moves the ground from side to side
Love waves
Usually smaller than a previous earthquake
Aftershock
Types of body wave
P wave and S wave