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. Two basic types of elastic waves or seismic waves are generated by an. earthquake; these are body waves and surface waves. These waves cause. shaking that is felt, and cause damage in various ways. These waves are similar. in many important ways to the familiar waves in air generated by a hand-clap or.