What does a Love wave look like?
A Love wave is a surface wave having a horizontal motion that is transverse (or perpendicular) to the direction the wave is traveling. The Love wave is a result of the interference of many shear waves (S-waves) guided by an elastic layer, which is welded to an elastic half space on one side while bordering a vacuum on the other side.Love waves cause more damage than Rayleigh waves, but both are highly destructive because they occur near the surface of the Earth. This means they are more strongly felt at the surface.
What is another name for a Love wave?
In seismology, Love waves (also known as Q waves (Quer, lit. German)) are surface seismic waves that cause horizontal shifting of the Earth during an earthquake. Love waves are predicted by Love [5] mathematically, and they are observed when there is a low-velocity layer overlying a high-velocity layer. Love waves induce horizontal movement of the earth during an earthquake and travel with a slower velocity than P- or S-waves, but faster than Rayleigh waves.