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S-waves are stronger, but travel slower and can only travel through solids.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agos waves travel slower and create more damage.
The slower they are the more damage they cause.
surface waves are the most dangerous
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Which travels slower p waves or surface waves?
surface waves because p waves and s waves are way faster so here is how it goes from fastest to slowest: is p wave and then s wave and then surface waves
What type of earthquake wave travels faster?
P-waves(primary waves) travel faster than S-waves(secondary waves)
Are P-waves and S-waves transverse or longitudinal waves?
P-waves are longitudinal and S-waves are transverse waves.
How fast are the p waves compared to s waves?
P waves arrive a couple seconds to a few minutes before s waves.
A seismograph station can determine its distance from an earthquake's epicenter by .?
P-waves and S-waves are released by an earthquake at the same time and travel out from the epicentre in all directions. However P-waves travel faster than S-waves so the further away from the earthquake's epicentre the greater the lead the P-waves have on the S-waves. Observation of the seismogram trace at the seismometer station will allow the scientists to find the P-wave and S-wave arrival times and measure the difference between them. As the P-waves are faster they always arrive first (hence their name - primary wave). The greater the difference between the time that the P-waves and S-waves first arrive (i.e. the greater the lead the P-waves have), the further the distance to the epicentre. They are able to use the time difference along with an estimate of the speed of the P-waves and S-waves to find the distance from the station to the earthquakes epicentre. For more information on this please see the related question.
What happens to the distance between P waves and S waves as you travel farther away from the epicenter?
It is because the epicenter decreases their strenght as it is closer to it
Which travels slower p waves or surface waves?
surface waves because p waves and s waves are way faster so here is how it goes from fastest to slowest: is p wave and then s wave and then surface waves
Do surface waves move faster than P-waves or S-waves?
No. Surface waves are slower than both P and S-waves.
What type of earthquake wave travels faster?
P-waves(primary waves) travel faster than S-waves(secondary waves)
How much faster does p waves move than s waves?
P-waves move around 3 km/s faster than s-waves.
Which travels faster P waves or S waves?
p waves because they move rock back and forth which squeezes and strecthes the rock as they travel through the rock. s waves shear rock side to side as they travel through the rock
Do waves travel faster than S waves?
no p waves travel faster than s waves
Which earthquake wave travels fastest?
P -waves travel faster because the movement of them, it is a back and forth motion while S- waves are a side to side expending more energy.
How does the p wave travel faster than the s wave?
Primary waves travel at 6 to 7 km per second. Secondary waves travel at about 3.5 km per second. which means that the p-wave travels about 3 km. faster
Do p waves or surface waves move faster?
No. Surface waves are slower than both P and S-waves.
Which is not true about p waves?
They travel faster than S waves
What is s waves and p waves?
P-waves are faster than s-waves. Both can pass through solid rock, but only p-waves can pass through gases and liquids === ===
