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There are actually two types of surface waves: Love waves and Rayleigh waves.
In both cases they are named for the people who predicted their existence.
In the case of Love waves this was British mathematician Augustus Edward Hough Love.
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What are the first seismic waves to arrive at a seismic station?
P-waves are the first to arrive at a seismic station. There are two major types of waves: Body waves and surface waves. P-waves and S-waves come under Body waves while Love and Rayleigh waves come under surface waves. Body waves are much faster than the Surface waves. Waves are detected in the following order: P, S, Love and Rayleigh
Is a P-wave a body wave?
Yes. In a seismic context, P and S waves are body waves while Love and Rayleigh waves are surface waves.
How does the energy from an earth quake reach the surface of earth?
It travels through the ground.
What type of seismic waves causes the worst damage?
There are P waves, S waves, and Surface waves [coming in that order]. The P waves are that half second jolt, the S waves are the 2-10 second rumbles, and the Surface waves go crazy and cause the most damage.
Which are more destructive body waves or surface waves?
Surface waves.
What 2 waves are surface waves?
Love waves and Rayleigh waves are surface waves
What general name is given to waves that travel along the surface of a material such as Rayleigh and Love waves?
Surface waves
What are the three seismic waves in order?
The three types of seismic waves are: P waves S waves Surface waves ( two surface waves. Riley surface wave and love surface wave named after scientists
What are waves that travel at the surface of the earth?
The seismic waves that travel along Earth;'s surface are infact known as "surface waves" of which there are two main types - Love and Rayleigh waves.
What are three types of earthquake waves?
P-waves, S-waves and surface waves (Love and Rayleigh waves).
What do you call seismic waves that are transmitted along the outside of the earth?
surface waves
What is the most powerful waves from an earthquake?
Love waves are the most strongest type of Earthquakes.
Which seismic waves cause the least damage?
The Love and Rayleigh waves (collectively known as surface waves) are the slowest moving but most damaging of the seismic waves.
Which type of earthquakes waves move the slowest?
The surface waves (composed in turn of the Rayleigh and Love waves) are the slowest seismic waves.
Why are Love waves and Rayleigh waves more destructive than P-waves and S-waves?
Love and Rayleigh waves are also known as surface waves as they travel along the surface of the earth. As the earth's surface is a free boundary, these surface waves have a larger amplitude than P and S (or body waves)which travel through the earth's interior. The amplitude of a wave is related to the amount of energy it has, where high amplitude waves have more energy! This means that the high amplitude high energy surface waves are capable of transferring more energy into structures or other objects on the surface and so can do more damage.
Which earthquake waves are most destructive to buildings?
technically any seismic wave can destroy a building, but the one most likely to do it are the surface waves
What are the three categories of seismic waves?
p wave comes first s wave comes next and last comes surface wave.
