Waves that move over the surface of the Earth. Rayleigh and Love waves are surface waves.
Seismic waves, slower than P or S waves, that propagate along the Earth's surface rather than through the deep interior. Two principal types of surface waves, Love and Rayleigh waves, are generated during an earthquake. Rayleigh waves cause both vertical and horizontal ground motion, and Love waves cause horizontal motion only. They both produce gr...
Mechanical surface waves that are the slowest waves of an earthquake tremor, but which cause the most destruction. See seismogram.
Seismic waves with motion restricted to near the ground surface (Love and Rayleigh)