Question

Use the drop-down menus to answer each question. Which waves can travel through both solids and liquids? Which waves can travel only through solids? Which waves can make dramatic ground movements? Which waves can compress and expand the ground like an accordion? Which waves can violently shake structures when they reach the surface?

Answer 1

The P waves travel through liquids and solids, S waves through solids, L waves through the ground, p waves form expansion and compression and S waves shake structures.

What are waves and their types?

Waves of the earthquake generate seismic waves, that can travel either near or along the surface of the earth. The seismic waves are of types P, S and L.

S waves only travel through the solid surfaces and are causes shaking of the horizontal surfaces.  When they reach the surface they create more violent shaking.

P waves can travel through the solids as well as the liquids and with the wave motion they travel back and forth.  They expand and compresses the ground layers. L waves are responsible for ground movements.

Therefore, P, S and L waves are the seismic waves.

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