\u2713 The body waves interact with the surface rocks and generate new set of waves called surface waves (long or L-waves). These waves move only along the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 Surface Waves are also called long period waves because of their long wavelength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 They are low-frequency transverse waves (shear waves).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 They develop in the immediate neighbourhood of the epicentre and affect only the surface of the earth and die out at smaller depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 They lose energy more slowly with distance than the body waves because they travel only across the surface unlike the body waves which travel in all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713 Particle motion of surface waves (amplitude) is larger than that of body waves, so surface waves are the most destructive among the earthquake waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2713They are slowest among the earthquake waves and are recorded last on the seismograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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