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Why are surface waves more destructive to buildings than the initial seismic wave in an earthquake?.

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Because the amplitude of the surface waves diminishes less rapidly with distance than the amplitude of P or S waves, surface waves are often the most important component of ground shaking far from the EARTHQUAKE source, thus can be the most destructive.

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