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The first waves to hit are primary waves. Primary waves are seismic waves that compress and stretch the ground. P waves, or primary waves, can wreck buildings and can move straightforward through solids and liquids.
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What type of waves are genered by earthquakes?
Primary Waves, Secondary Waves, and Surface Waves.
What earthquakes waves are the fastest?
P or Primary waves are the fastest earthquake or seismic waves.
Which wave is refracted by earths core?
Primary Waves(P-Waves)
Which seismic waves compress and expand rocks in the direction the wave travel?
P waves
Waves from earthquakes are know as these?
P or primary wave, S or secondary waves, L as in something waves
Shearing seismic waves that move rocks and other matter in a direction perpendicular to the waves are traveling?
Primary waves (p waves)
What kind of waves stretch and compress rocks?
I have no clue you answer it if you are so d$@n smart
Type of seismic wave that travels the fastest through rock material by causing rocks to vibrate in the same direction as the waves?
Primary waves.
What are seismic waves that squeeze and pull rocks in the same direction that the wave tavels causing particles to move back anfd forth?
P or primary waves
Kind of wave that causes particles in rocks to move back and forth in the same direction that the wave is traveling?
Primary waves
Which seismic waves travel the fastest?
Primary (P) waves are the fastest. Followed by secondary (S) waves, then surface waves. P waves
Are the primary waves faster then the secondary waves?
Primary seismic waves travel the fastest.
What are P and S waves also called?
In seismology, a P-wave is a primary wave, or sometimes a pressure wave. In general, the primary wave is the fastest moving seismic wave, as it is the first to reach any detector (seismometer) set up to sense them. Use the link below for more information.
Longitudinal seismic wave are known as?
The Answer is primary waves.
What are waves that arrive after primary waves?
Secondary waves
What waves are there for earthquakes?
Primary waves, Secondary waves, and Seismic waves
What are the waves that arrive after primary waves in the Earth?
Secondary waves.
