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mario62 [17]
3 years ago
11

What is the difference between these two kinds of seismic waves: body waves and surface waves?

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1 answer:
Ahat [919]3 years ago
4 0
<span>A body wave is a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth, as opposed to surface waves that travel near the earth's surface.

 P and S waves are body waves. Each type of wave shakes the ground in different ways</span>
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