Do sound vibrations from plate tectonics (earthquakes) attract asteroids?

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Sound vibrations from plate tectonics, such as those generated by earthquakes, do not travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere and cannot propagate through space. Seismic waves require a medium, like solid or liquid materials, to transmit energy, which is absent in the vacuum of space. Consequently, these vibrations cannot attract asteroids or affect other planetary bodies. The consensus is that seismic activity is confined to Earth and does not influence external celestial phenomena. Therefore, the idea that seismic waves could attract asteroids is unfounded.
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I'm not sure whether to put this in Earth or Astrophysics.
How far would these sound vibrations/waves travel? Do they just stay within the Earth, or is it possible for them to travel through space; and if so, how or why or is it possible for these vibrations to attract asteroids?
 
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I think it is safe to say that effects of seismic waves do not move beyond the atmosphere. They cannot and do not travel through space. So they do not effect any other planetary bodies.
 
To expand on this, I would like to point out that the waves from seismic activity require a medium to propagate through. Space has no such medium and nothing that requires a medium can move through space. This includes sound waves, seismic waves, water waves, etc.
 

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