What are Love waves and why are seismologists studying them?

[wolram]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/17/2219939.htm?site=science&topic=latest

A subtle and mysterious global hum has been detected by seismologists studying records from Earth's most boring seismic stations.

The newfound vibration is made of two-minute to five-minute, side-to-side surface seismic waves, called Love waves.

 

[Algr]

I would love for there to be love waves.

 

[D H]

Why is this in Skepticism and Debunking? These are called Love waves because they are named after AEH Love, the same person who developed models for solid body tides in planetary objects. The cited ABC report is a summary of an article in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

It appears to be unexplained, which makes it appropriate for S&D.

 

[Poop-Loops]

Aww man, this thread isn't nearly cool enough as the title makes it out to be.

 

[K.J.Healey]

Aww man, this thread isn't nearly cool enough as the title makes it out to be.

Welcome to the internet.

 

[RocketSurgery]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/17/2219939.htm?site=science&topic=latest

A subtle and mysterious global hum has been detected by seismologists studying records from Earth's most boring seismic stations.

The newfound vibration is made of two-minute to five-minute, side-to-side surface seismic waves, called Love waves.

I thought you were going to say something about water beds.