What do ocean waves and seismic waves have in common. How do they differ?
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Both types of waves represent motion of energy through matter.
Both types of waves experience reflection and refraction.
The shape and motion behavior of ocean waves matches closely with vertically oscillating seismic surface waves, which are different from horizontally oscillating surface waves and body waves.
Seismic waves represent a short-lived pulse of energy moving through Earth and caused by release of elastic strain along a fault, whereas ocean waves represent continuous transfer of energy from wind to the water surface.
Ocean waves have wave heights in the range of 0.5–20 meters, whereas seismic surface waves rarely have wave heights greater than a few centimeters.
Ocean waves may travel as much as 1000 kilometers in a day, whereas seismic surface waves travel 1000 km in a few hours.
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