GCSE Physics

Earthquake Waves

There are four kinds of waves produced by an earthquake. Two move over the surface, causing damage, and two pass through the Earth itself - called body waves.

By studying body waves, scientists worked out what the Earth is like inside:

the inside of the earth: crust, mantle, outer and inner cores


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