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Seismic waves are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, magma movement, large landslides and large man-made explosions that give out low-frequency acoustic energy.
Rajan D. Advertisements: Earthquake waves are also called seismic waves. These waves are of three types. These are: 1. Primary or P waves are push and pull waves. They are also called longitudinal waves. These waves resemble sound waves, since both are compression-dilatation or compression rarefaction waves.