what type of earthquake wave can travel through both liquids and solids?
Best Answer: P waves travel through both solids and liquids but slow down in the liquid layers of the Earth. S waves travel through solids but are absorbed by the liquid layers of the Earth. S waves travel slower than P waves and are transverse (P Waves are compressional). These factors could be why P waves don't have the energy to pass through liquids. Also, this is why there is a large S wave shadow zone.