The velocity of s-wave is 60% of p-wave, for a given homogeneous and isotropic medium and a fixed time p-wave would travel farther.
It is because the epicenter decreases their strenght as it is closer to it
Light wave travels fastest in air Sound wave travels fastest in solid or liquid
Longitudinal wave
Answer 1: A compressional wave is a wave that is close together and transverse waves are waves that are going the way the wave travels. Answer 2: Basically, it's a sound wave. A compressional wave is a wave that travels back and forth, moving with compression. Scince it is a mechanical wave it must use a medium to travel though. A sound wave is a good example of a compressional wave. A compressional wave is a wave that travels back and forth, moving with compression. Scince it is a mechanical wave it must use a medium to travel though. A sound wave is a good example of a compressional wave. ================================================================ its since, stupid.
body waves
A Pwave is the first wave to arrive during an earthquake, P waves compress and then expand. They can damage buildings.
The light wave has the longer wavelength. In the time required for one wiggle, it travels roughly 880,000 times farther than the sound wave does.
P waves can travel through gas, solids, and liquids and Swaves can only travel through solids.
The general term for what a wave travels through is a medium, but in the case of earthquakes the wave travels through the ground.
primary wave
That is a longitudinal wave.
The speed of a wave is how far the wave travels in one unit of time.
Sound travels as a wave.
Sound is a longitudinal, mechanical wave that requires a medium.
The material through which a wave travels is called the medium.
A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.
depeneds on the wave