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P-waves are also known as seismic waves. One of the characteristics of P-waves are a that they can travel through a continuum made up of gases, liquids and solids such as the Earth. Another characteristic of P-waves are that they can shake the ground in the same direction in which the wave is moving and it can also shake the earth in the opposite direction of the moving wave.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoPush-pull waves known as compression waves, P waves travel fastest
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∙ 14y agoS waves are shock waves from an earthquake. They move like snakes and travel slower than P waves. S waves do the most damage during an earthquake.
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∙ 12y agoGenerally not felt; it happens first and has a push pull motion.
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∙ 12y agoPrimary wave is a wave which is directly generated from source and secondary waves are generated from p-waves.
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