1.26 MICROSECONDS!!!!



What will do now!! Our lives are over!

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Originally posted by Signals
Is it possible that after enough earthquakes, the planet stops rotating

I suppose it is possible that enough earthquakes of this magnitude could eventually stop the Earth's rotation, but it would take a very long time.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day, which means there are 86,400,000,000 microseconds in a day. At 1.26 microseconds each earthquake, it would take roughly 68,571,428,571 earthquakes of this magnitude to stop the Earth's rotation. With an average of only about 1 earthquake of this magnitude per year worldwide, it would take 68,571,428,571 years to wear down the Earth's rotation, assuming of course that no forces are playing a role in speeding up the rotation.

Unless you intend to live for over 68 billion years, I would say you probably have nothing to worry about. But it's still an interesting concept nevertheless.


***EDIT: THIS POST CONTAINS A MAJOR FLAW IN LOGIC. THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE INCORRECT.***

[edit on 3/2/10 by NovusOrdoMundi]

Let's be glad the earth's axis shifted ever so slightly.
Anything greater would cause catastrophic events.
Any time the axis moves, the earth's mass must shift with it.

Originally posted by NovusOrdoMundi

Originally posted by Signals
Is it possible that after enough earthquakes, the planet stops rotating

I suppose it is possible that enough earthquakes of this magnitude could eventually stop the Earth's rotation, but it would take a very long time.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day, which means there are 86,400,000,000 microseconds in a day. At 1. 26 microseconds each earthquake, it would take roughly 68,571,428,571 earthquakes of this magnitude to stop the Earth's rotation. With an average of only about 1 earthquake of this magnitude per year worldwide, it would take 68,571,428,571 years to wear down the Earth's rotation, assuming of course that no forces are playing a role in speeding up the rotation.

Unless you intend to live for over 68 billion years, I would say you probably have nothing to worry about. But it's still an interesting concept nevertheless.

Ahhh I can breathe easier now!

Thanks for that...

also breathe easier because if the day is 1.26 microseconds shorter, the earth is rotating faster not slower. so the thing to worry about is the merry-go-round toddler-fling effect, and possible bouts of nausea starting in a few billion years. and thats just if the effect of every earthbound mass-redistribution is to speed up the rotation (which may be likely, if thats how momentum wants it). anyways i think it means i get paid more

Originally posted by iNTERPLANETARyR.O.M.E.O.
also breathe easier because if the day is 1.26 microseconds shorter, the earth is rotating faster not slower.

Yeah, I realized that a little while after I posted my previous post.

A shorter day means a faster rotation while a longer day means a slower rotation. Therefore, as you said, the Earth's rotation actually sped up.

So having said that, everyone completely disregard my previous post. The logic is beyond flawed. Had the day been made longer by 1.26 microseconds it would be correct, but that is not the case.

My bad!

Hey....What about my roll over minutes???

What's going to happen to them???

Originally posted by DaMod
1.26 MICROSECONDS!!!!

What will do now!! Our lives are over!

Yes, true, but there are many who do believe in the butterfly effect. 1.26 microseconds ain't nothing to us, but what it could hold in for earth/mother nature we cannot be 100% sure, can we?

ive seen this thread 4 different times ahahaha