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What causes seismic waves to travel through layers of The earth?

By being cool.


What are vibrations that travel through the ground?

Seismic waves are vibrations that travel through the ground. These waves are generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions. Seismic waves are used to study the Earth's interior and monitor natural hazards.


What does seismic?

(not seismic, seismic wave)Seismic waves are waves of energy that travel through the earth.


Where do seismic travel through?

the ground


Can Seismic waves travel through space?

NO! Seismic waves can't travel through space. They are mechanical waves. Mechanical waves require going through mediums and there isn't a medium in space.


What causes seismic waves to be generated and how do they travel through the Earth's layers?

Seismic waves are generated by the sudden release of energy from earthquakes or other sources. These waves travel through the Earth's layers by bouncing off boundaries between different materials and changing direction and speed as they pass through each layer.


Through what do seismic waves travel fastest?

seismic wave travels faster through solid rock and slower through water, but i dont know why!


Do seismic waves need a medium to travel through?

Seismic, or earthquake waves travel through the earth. They may travel through our crust, which is rocky, or through the more fluid parts, like the mantle, but the medium is the earth.


Which forms of matter can primary and secondary seismic waves travel through?

Primary seismic waves are longitudinal waves. Longitudinal waves can travel through solids, liquids and gasses (although seismic waves are of to low a frequency to normally be heard). Secondary seismic waves are transverse waves and only travel through solids.


What is the seismic wave that travel's through the earths interior?

A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.


What waves travel through solids but not liquids?

seismic waves


Earthquakes produce what that travel through earth?

Seismic waves