Can a rogue nation trigger an earthquake?
In a story I'm working on, a rogue nation-state has decided to attack another country. They want to make the attack seem more natural, though, and so they've decided to trigger an earthquake. This...
View ArticleA Worldwide Wave
What would have to happen for a giant tidal wave to wash its way around an entire planet? The planet can be like earth, with the same size, mass, and everything else. However the wave must start...
View ArticleHow can the human race disappear in a few days? [duplicate]
Is it possible to eradicate the human race in one week? And if yes, by which way?Of course, the human race should do everything to survive. What could be more powerful than our will to survive?1....
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A ravine ~15 miles (~ 24 km) deep on average opens up in the Himalayas. Do we...
A ravine the size of the Mediterranean in area and ~15 miles (~ 24 km) deep on average opens up over the course of a few days in the Himalayas. A size comparison of the Mediterranean Sea to the U.S. to...
View ArticleWorld in drought - How long does it take for a forest to die without water?
In my world a powerful earthquake produces an opening in the tectonic plates and changes the geography of an entire continent. Most of the great rivers deviate from their courses or disappear, leaving...
View ArticleHow might a naturally-occuring geographical barrier between two areas...
The world is Earth, probably west coast of the USA, in the throes of severe climate disaster; major storms, earthquakes, droughts, fires and floods are the norm. I am looking for a way to suddenly...
View ArticleWhat could trigger powerful quakes on icy world?
Imagine a planet orbiting a star some billions of lightyears away from us, the planet is 4 times the mass of Earth and is covered with ice 100km thick on average. It is believed that liquid ocean exist...
View ArticleIf a world had a massive single giant world tree could it stop an earthquake?
You know stuff like Yggdrasil tree but just a normal tree that is the biggest and tallest in the world. If the roots grow to surpass the continental and oceanic plate either it only cover some parts or...
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Earthquake modeling on a fictitious extraterrestrial moon
Thanks in advance for any input you can provide!I have a moon called Vieneo http://www.risetvp.com/Vieneo which has some geological modelling of faults and epicenters over some range of time:What we...
View ArticleCould earthquake cancellation work?
Imagine we could scale up noise cancellation technology in earphones and apply it to earthquake prone zone, what challenges beside engineering and cost would make such a machine impossible to realise?...
View ArticleWhat are the architectural/design/etc implications of earthquakes on a...
Thick, kilometer-wide ice sheets cover the vast majority of this planet. Snow is comparatively limited, because there are limited places where anything actually melts and re-enters the water cycle. The...
View ArticleCould a tsunami separate two landmasses?
I posed here a question about a super-earthquake separating a Pangaea-like continent in a matter of days. Unfortunately, one of the answers rightfully points out that such an earthquake would generate...
View ArticleHow feasible/widespread would arcology/underground structures be on an highly...
It is pretty much guaranteed that my world would have very intense tectonic activity, plus it would be about 23% smaller than the earth and I have been wondering how that would influence the...
View ArticleWhat (natural) phenomenon could cause an earthquake on O'neill cylinder?
There is an O'Neill cylinder about 10,000km long and 10km wide in diameter orbiting a blue giant star. The crew on board have been complaining about the tremors or sometimes a powerful 6.8 magnitude...
View ArticleEnergy generation via seismic activity
In my world, there are small, micro earthquakes that move through the landscape - the kind of thing that you can feel rumbling beneath your feet, but not much more severe - usually. In areas near...
View ArticleEarthquake-prone civilisation — could floating cities be the answer?
This question is fairly self-explanatory. The civilisation in my story is in an earthquake-prone area due to lots of tectonic plates. Could using magic to make their cities levitate and thus not be...
View ArticleConstruction and architecture in a world with regular earthquakes?
I'm working on a fantasy story that takes place on a moon that orbits a gas giant, but is not tidally locked. I've worked through a lot of the other considerations of this already—the wider astronomy...
View ArticleBendable Construction Material
I need to find a construction material with the following properties:1) Flexibility: The material should be able to bend itself 90 to 180 degrees. This property is needed to survive an earthquake...
View ArticleHow do I determine the locations and strength of earthquakes using a...
I've got a world that I made using a combination of star system and plate tectonics simulations via a variety of programs. I've used this to build plenty of overlays for my world map—plate boundaries,...
View ArticleHow would giant creatures that "live" underground shifting their limbs affect...
Please excuse me if I make any mistakes, this is my first post here.If there were giant creatures, ranging anywhere from 20,000 square miles (approx. 30,100 square km) to 100,000 square miles (approx....
View ArticleHow would about a dozen 50 ft to 1,400 ft (approx. 15 m to 430 m) giants...
8 of the giants would be around 50-100 ft (15-30 m) and only one would be 1,400 ft (430 m), the other three would be about 500-800 ft (152-243 m). Let's say that they are somehow remarkably light for...
View ArticleWhat is the strongest earthquake possible without wiping out all life?
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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