Faults are areas where the earth's plates come together. The shaking produced by earthquakes is caused by seismic waves.
P Waves push and pull rocks.
P Waves cause the booming sounds heard during an earthquake. The booming sounds are the results of P Waves being transmitted into the atmosphere as Sound Waves. S Waves cannot travel through liquids. S Waves shake the ground vertically and horizontally. P and S Waves are Body Waves.