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What is the seismic wave that travels really fast?
The seismic wave that travels really fast is the primary or P-wave. P-waves are the fastest seismic waves and can travel through solids, liquids, and gases. They are the first waves recorded on seismographs during an earthquake.
What type of seismic wave arrives after an earthquake?
A seismic wave travels through the Earth's layers, after a volcano, explosion, or earthquake. Transverse, compressional, longitude, and shear waves are all types of seismic waves after earthquakes.
What is a p wave?
A P wave is a type of seismic wave generated by an earthquake that travels the fastest through the Earth's layers. It is the first wave to arrive at a seismograph station and is known as a compressional wave because it pushes and pulls the rock particles as it moves.
What is a wave of energy released from an earthquake?
A wave of energy released from an earthquake is called a seismic wave. Seismic waves can be classified into body waves, which travel through the Earth's interior, and surface waves, which travel along the Earth's surface. These waves are responsible for causing the ground shaking and damage associated with earthquakes.
Is a seismic wave a wave of energy produced at the focus of an earthquake as elastic strain is released?
Yes, a seismic wave is a wave of energy that travels through the Earth's crust as a result of an earthquake. It is produced when the stored elastic strain in rocks is released, causing vibrations that propagate through the Earth in the form of waves.
What can locate a seismic wave?
A seismograph can locate a seismic wave.
What seismic wave causes the most damage?
Seismic wave
What type of wave is the fastest?
The fastest wave is the electromagnetic wave. Of the seismic waves, the P-wave is the fastest seismic wave.
How do you stop a seismic wave?
You need a shotgun and shoot the wave and that's how you stop a seismic wave
Are shear waves and seismic waves the same?
A shear wave is a type of seismic wave.
Which earthquake wave is not a seismic wave?
the sound wave
Which type of a wave is a surface wave?
a seismic wave
What is a seismic wave that causes particules of rock to vibrate in the same direction which the wave is moving?
That would be a P-wave or Primary wave which is a longitudinal seismic wave.
Can there be a seismic wave without having an earthquake?
It is possible to have a seismic wave without having an earthquake. Any wave moving through the ground is a seismic wave, and all earthquakes are seismic waves. But seismic waves can be created by volcanic action, landslides, meteor strikes or the like. Though all earthquakes are seismic waves, not all seismic waves are earthquakes.
What is a seismic wave that travels through Earth Interior?
A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.
What is the seismic wave that travel's through the earths interior?
A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.
Is a seismic wave the same as a radio wave?
No. Seismic waves are mechanical. Radio waves are electromagnetic.
