Seismic Wave

Real World Example

Imagine you're at a crowded party, and someone accidentally knocks over a drink table, causing a wave of people to ripple through the room. This scene is quite similar to how seismic waves work during an earthquake. Just like the table's fall sends a chain reaction of movement through the crowd, an earthquake generates energy waves that travel through the Earth's layers, shaking everything in their path. The table is like the tectonic plates shifting, the initial collision is the earthquake, and the crowd's reaction represents the seismic waves moving through the Earth.