What kind of waves are present during an earthquake?
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There are four main types of earthquake waves: P-waves and S-waves (which are body waves), and Rayleigh waves and Love waves (which are surface waves). Love waves tend to cause the most damage due to their large amplitude and P-waves the least, but P-waves are the first to arrive.
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- What kind of waves are present during an earthquake?
- Seismic waves.
- During an earthquake, energy is released in seismic waves that travel from where the earthquake starts, a place called the focus.
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