What type of waves are secondary waves?

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2022-08-19

What type of waves are secondary waves?

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Body seismic waves, also known as secondary waves or S-waves, move through the interior of the Earth. These are the second-fastest waves produced by an earthquake, therefore they can be observed after P-waves and are called secondary. S-waves are transverse in nature and can only travel through solids.

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