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What type of seismic wave can travel through both liquids and solids?

P-waves


What is the fastest seismic wave that travels through solids liquids and gases?

Primary: aka P-waves


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 seismic wave can go through liquid?

Surface waves, specifically Love waves, can travel through liquids. Love waves are a type of surface wave that occurs on the surface of solids, liquids, and gases.


What seismic wave moves in a push-pull motion?

P-waves, or Primary waves, are seismic waves that move in a push-pull motion. They are the fastest seismic waves and can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.


Is a P-wave a body wave?

Yes. In a seismic context, P and S waves are body waves while Love and Rayleigh waves are surface waves.


What wave is expected to have the greatest wave speed?

A P-wave (primary wave) is expected to have the greatest wave speed among seismic waves, traveling through solids, liquids, and gases. P-waves are compressional waves that can travel through the Earth's interior with the highest velocity compared to other types of seismic waves.


What is the seismic wave that travel's through the earths interior?

A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.


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 fastest seismic wave that moves back and forth?

The fastest seismic wave that moves back and forth is the P-wave, or primary wave. P-waves are compressional waves that travel through solids, liquids, and gases and are the first to be detected during an earthquake. They move by causing particles in the material they travel through to vibrate in the same direction as the wave's propagation.


What does a medium seismic wave travel through?

Seismic waves are vibrations generated by an earthquake. They travel along the surface of the Earth and through the earth. They are a type of wave known as a mechanical wave and as such (unlike electromagnetic waves) require a medium through which to travel. Seismic waves can be split into body and surface waves. The body waves can be split into two main types, the P-wave or primary wave which is a compression or longitudinal wave which can travel through solids, liquids and gasses and the S-wave which is a transverse or shear wave and can only travel through solids.


What is ther kind of seismic wave that travels fast and increase its speed with depth?

The seismic wave that travels fast and increases its speed with depth is called a primary or P-wave. P-waves are compressional waves that can travel through solids, liquids, and gases, and they are the fastest seismic waves.