verb (used with object) 1. to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill. 2. to draw or tug at with force. 3. to rend or tear: to pull a cloth to pieces.
The Love and Rayleigh waves (collectively known as surface waves) are the slowest moving but most damaging of the seismic waves.
Seismic waves carry the energy. released by the rocks. There are three kinds of seismic. waves: P waves, S waves, and surface waves. â¢ P waves move rocks back and forth, like a wave. passing through a spring toy when you push in the coils. P waves are the fastest seismic waves.