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.
Different types of seismic waves include: Surface waves: Seismic waves that travel along the Earthâs surface. Body waves: Seismic waves that travel through the Earthâs interior. There are two types: Primary waves (P waves): Body waves that compress and expand rock in the direction the waves travel (like a slinky). Secondary waves (S waves): Body waves that shake material at right angles to the direction the waves travel (like shaking a rope). Solid rock transmits S waves, but gases and liquids do not.