GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -P waves are seismic waves that compress and expand the ground like an accordion.

Detailed explanation-2: -P waves can move through solid rock and fluids, like water or the liquid layers of the Earth. It squishes and stretches the rock it moves through just like sound waves compress and expand the air as they move through it.

Detailed explanation-3: -P Waves. P waves are compressional waves that do not produce much damage. They can move through any type of material and travel at almost twice the speed of S waves. High frequency P waves do not weaken, or “attenuate, ” as rapidly as S waves so they retain higher frequencies when they arrive at seismic stations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both P and S waves travel outward from an earthquake focus inside the earth. The waves are often seen as separate arrivals recorded on seismographs at large distances from the earthquake.

Detailed explanation-5: -P waves compress and expand the ground like an accordion. P waves are the fastest seismic waves. P waves can travel through both solids and liquids.