Isaiah Gerald Quijano Grade 10 STE

SEISMIC WAVES

the energy radiates in all directions from

the focus in the form

Main types

Surface
Body waves waves

Main types Main types

P-waves Rayleigh
S- waves Love waves
(primary waves) waves
(secondary waves)

It travels faster than the It travels slower than a P-

S-wave after an
Earthquake has occurred,
it also is the first to each
the detector and are also
called compressional
waves, vibrating parallel
to the direction of the
wave
wave and can only travel
It travels faster than
through the Earth and
Rayleigh waves and
solids, also led seismologists
to conclude that the outer
moves in a side to side
core is liquid horizontal motion
causing the ground to
twist
It rolls along the ground
just like a wave rolls
across an ocean, since it
rolls, it moves the
ground either up and
down or side-to-side
similar to the direction
of the waves movement.
 Juliene M Salazar Grade 10 STE

SEISMIC WAVES

the energy radiates in all directions from

the focus in the form

Main types

Surface
Body waves waves

Main types Main types

P-waves Rayleigh
S- waves Love waves
(primary waves) waves
(secondary waves)

Travels faster than the S- It is a pulse energy that

wave. After an
earthquake, it reaches a
detector first. it is also
called compressional
waves, travel by particles
vibrating parallel to the
direction of the wave
travel
It wave rolls along the
travels slower than a P-wave It is faster than Rayleigh ground just like a wave
through Earth and solids.
wave and it moves the rolls across a lake or an
The idea that the S-waves
ground in a side-to-side ocean. since it rolls, it
cannot travel through any
horizontal motion, like moves the ground either
liquid medium led
that of a snake’s causing up and down or side-to-
seismologist to conclude
the ground to twist. side similar to the direction
that the outer core is liquid
of the waves movement.