For intense earthquakes, these surface waves can zip around the planet ... was also overprinted with what seemed to be the P- and S- waves of tiny tremors, explains Lomax, who spotted the faint ...

body waves (often called P-waves or S-waves which travel through the Earth) and surface waves (which travel along the Earth’s surface). The surface of the Earth is made up of a variety of soil ...

There are three types of seismic waves – P waves, S waves and surface waves. P waves are longitudinal waves, and their relative speed is faster than other waves. P waves can travel through ...

These were: P-waves, which oscillate back and forth similar to how a sound wave propagates; S-waves which oscillate up and down, perpendicular to the direction of travel; and surface waves ...

body waves (often called P-waves or S-waves which travel through the Earth) and surface waves (which travel along the Earth’s surface). The surface of the Earth is made up of a variety of soil ...