Bad critter to take as an example.

If your grown up period was living without mouth or anus and dying within a matter of days, regardless if you achieved your only purpose in life (fucking), you're not going to have a good time.

So the shockwaves will almost purely go through earth then?

I've seen footage of volcanoes blowing where there is a visual airborne shockwave.

I guess it's because fault line movements are inside the earth and involve movement of obscene distances it gets spread better, but I thought that with the stupendous amount of energy released it would still have a decent effect above land too.

Thanks!