Jul 11, 2014. 1  Summertime is wedding time, so to commemorate the season, Spotify looked at thousands of wedding-themed playlists to determine the 10 most popular first dance songs. So, not a totally scientific round-up, but the results do seem to be pretty accurate based on our own not-so-scientific assessments.
Surface waves (e.g. Rayleigh waves, Love waves) that produce vertical motion of the ground surface produce the most damage during an earthquake.
Because of the size of these plates, earthquake waves carry huge amounts of energy. In this lesson, we discussed four types of seismic waves: P-waves, S-waves, Rayleigh waves and Love waves. The first two are body waves, the latter two are surface waves. Love waves cause the most damage and P-waves the least. Thanks to our study of seismic waves, we have a better idea of what to expect when an earthquake hits. Through this knowledge and better preparation, we can save both property and human lives.