Answer by Mary for What is the strongest earthquake possible without wiping...
Frame Challenge: Earthquakes are localized. Remember that the Virginia earthquake that was felt from Florida to Canada was felt over an enormously large area -- for an earthquake. Also the reason it...
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If you think that even an event like the Chicxulub impact did not wipe the entire life out of the planet, I believe that limit is pretty high.The impact itself is estimated to have caused an earthquake...
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In the story in question, an extremely powerful earthquake decimates the Earth (but does not destroy it) due to Unforeseen Consequences of Our Actions. Ideally some humans need to survive, so...
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As others have said, an earthquake alone is localised and cannot wipe out humanity on a global scale.There is a related phenomenon that could: volcanic winter. In 1816 a volcanic eruption in Indonesia...
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Well the only way to disrupt life is really make earth unliving, which is easiest done by just having 'no earth'.An earthquake magnitude 20 something (which is ridiculously high, considering the...
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