To diagnose my skin rash if it is red and non-scaly, consider: 1  toxic erythema - common harmless red rash in newborn babies. Read more.  measles and other erythematous rashes - see the main child skin rash page if your child has a red rash.
seismic wave. A seismic wave is an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion. Seismic waves may travel either along or near the earth's surface (Rayleigh and Love waves) or through the earth's interior (P and S waves).Share this page: 1  Facebook.2  Twitter. seismic wave is an elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion. Seismic waves may travel either along or near the earth's surface (Rayleigh and Love waves) or through the earth's interior (P and S waves). Share this page: 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
home / study / science / physics definitions / seismic waves. Todayâs digital seismic monitoring instruments use waveforms to record and analyze seismic data. They give information not only on local seismic activity, but also earthquakes at far distant locations. When the Chilean earthquake took place in 1960, seismographs recorded the seismic waves that traveled all around the Earth. Seismic waves rattled the Earth for days. This occurrence is known as the free oscillation of the Earth.