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Then, the more destructive wave, called the s-wave.
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Well, as I mentioned, the subduction zone, that is this plate that goes under this North American plate, and we get that initial jolt, that p-wave and then the s-wave, the secondary wave, and that's where we start to see most of the damage.
CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Earthquake Hits the Pacific Northwest - February 28, 2001 2001
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Naturally occurring earthquakes produce the opposite signature: stronger s-wave energy but weaker p-waves.
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Naturally occurring earthquakes produce the opposite signature: stronger s-wave energy but weaker p-waves.
artoparts commented on the word s-wave
Secondary or shear wave (sometimes called an elastic S-wave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves that move through the body of an object, unlike surface waves. The S-wave moves as a transverse wave, so motion is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. See p-wave.
April 23, 2009