True or False, earthquakes that occur within the seafloor (under the ocean) produce the same kind of seismic waves that propagate through the Earth (P-, S-, Rayliegh, Love) as do earthquakes on land.

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raffle_snaffle · Answer

@Elsa213

nikeboi101 · Answer

the answer is true

raffle_snaffle · Answer

why?

raffle_snaffle · Answer

@nikeboi101

nikeboi101 · Answer

hold on im trying 2 link u the site

nikeboi101 · Answer

ok her's how I got it because plates are moving this causes motion and earthquaks through a subduction zone (where 1 plate goes under another ) it causes a deep foci that generally occurs in island arcs and deep ocean trenches

nikeboi101 · Answer

love waves do not have vertical motion like p,s and reighleigh and love waves do not go through liquid

nikeboi101 · Answer

so that would b false I accidently said true hope I helped☺

raffle_snaffle · Answer

wait...

raffle_snaffle · Answer

@nikeboi101

raffle_snaffle · Answer

I can't understand what you are saying. You are using the word love... What does love have to do with this? Lol YOu mean low?

raffle_snaffle · Answer

why is it false?

nikeboi101 · Answer

im saying no because only p,s and rayliegh r the only 1s that cannot go through liquid

raffle_snaffle · Answer

I thought it was true because we are looking underneath the sea floor... Underneath the sea floor is the same as under the land which we stand on?

raffle_snaffle · Answer

because?

raffle_snaffle · Answer

Maybe I am just misunderstanding the question

nikeboi101 · Answer

nope because its not saying that  it is saying can they produce the same seismic waves as the propogate

nikeboi101 · Answer

so that's why it would b false not true

raffle_snaffle · Answer

hold on.

nikeboi101 · Answer

ok

raffle_snaffle · Answer

Why can't S and P waves spread throughout water?

nikeboi101 · Answer

because it is not able to go through liquids so its just underneath the sea ground

raffle_snaffle · Answer

but why? Is it because the distinct properties between the two elements, liquid and a solid?

nikeboi101 · Answer

actually no but because of the way the plates move

nikeboi101 · Answer

the way they move (under each other) keeps them from going through liquids

anonymous · Answer

true

misssmartiez · Answer

True.

Have you ever heard of ocean volcanoes? If so, you must know that it can be such thing as under water earth quakes. Tectonic plates are EVERYWHERE. It can be above or below water. There are transform boundaries under water too. 

Plates that are able to slide past one another along what they call a 'transform boundary.'
This can easily happen under water.