Which statement is true? choose one: a. shallow-focus quakes do less damage than deep-focus quakes. b. surface waves are the first to show up on a seismogram recording of a quake. c. s-waves are compressional body waves; p-waves are shear body waves. d. r- and l-waves are surface seismic waves.

true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.

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