Because P waves are the fastest seismic waves, they will usually be the first ones that your seismograph records. The next set of seismic waves on your seismogram will be the S waves. These are ...
A recording of an earthquake has recognizable characteristics. Typically, one can recognize the arrival of different wave types. The P waves (the fastest traveling waves), S waves, and Surface waves ...
The Yellowstone Seismic Network is designed to record ground shaking due to earthquakes. But earthquakes aren’t the only ...