all waves travel through water, some better than others, sound waves travel very well. Many time because water is denser than air the waves are subject to diffraction and reflection off thermal boundaries and around physical barriers.
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Seismic waves consist ofP waves which travel through the Earth fast. They compress the medium they travel through;S waves which also travel through the Earth, shearing the solid Earth as they go. S waves do not travel through liquid;Surface waves which can cause the Earth to undulate like water waves or surface waves that cause the Earth to shear.
Sound waves can travel through fluids, it is just that due to the physical proporties of water, sound waves are dampened much faster than they would be in gas.
S-waves cannot travel through liquids, but they can travel through solids and gases. P-waves can travel through solids, liquids and gases. Hope this helped! :D
Primary waves can travel through liquid and solids at certain speeds but some quakes can not travel through water.
They are called sound waves. Their name does not change just because they travel in water.