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What is the difference between these two kinds of seismic waves: body waves and surface waves?
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What is the difference between these two kinds of seismic waves: body waves and surface waves?

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A body wave is a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth, as opposed to surface waves that travel near the earth's surface.

P and S waves are body waves. Each type of wave shakes the ground in different ways
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