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Why do surface waves compared to body waves have a high amplitude? ​
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Why do surface waves compared to body waves have a high amplitude? ​

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Surface waves, however, spread out more slowly and only on the earth's surface. The energy from surface waves is confined to a smaller volume at the surface and the wave amplitude to carry that energy is therefore larger than body waves.
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