Hollywood’s depiction of an earthquake
varies from the overly dramatic to the
downright silly aren’t quite as
thankfully we’re here to set the record
straight when it comes to the planet’s
most notorious rumblings welcome to
watchmojo.com Stallman we’re counting
down the top 5 facts about earthquakes
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content number 5 you don’t feel most
earthquakes if someone were to tell you
that the earth experiences several
million earthquakes per year you’d
probably wonder why all major cities
don’t look like metropolis at the end of
Man of Steel however the vast majority
of these quakes are so small you can’t
even feel them I fear not the media
tends to put focus on the few bad apples
that cause significant damage but of the
hundreds of thousands of tectonic shifts
that transpire throughout the year only
a hundred or so of the worst offenders
make it to the news number four eye
squeaks and moon quakes exist while they
may sound like some sort of dance your
father swears was big in the 70s these
two unique phenomena have been known to
occur in their respective regions
primarily striking within the interior
of Antarctica and ice quake also known
as the cryo sysm is quite similar to its
earthly brethren
however they happen in sheets of ice
rather than in the ground below moon
quakes are you guessed it quakes on the
moon they are considerably weaker and
occur less frequently than those inside
and strike more or less in the middle of
the moon’s interior on the bright side
property damage and loss of life are
highly unlikely when either of these two
unusual quakes occur number three the
Ring of Fire produces the most
earthquakes in the world rude Oh shaped
more like a horseshoe than a ring this
ominously named location is home to 90%
of all quakes on is traversing the
boundaries of the Pacific Ocean the
aptly named ring covers a distance of
roughly 25,000 miles making contact with
North and South America Asia and Oceania
the reason why this particular region is
so saturated with seismic activity is
simple the
than eight different tectonic plates are
constantly bumping crushing and
colliding with each other within its
boundaries
the result is an area that produces
eighty-one percent of the world’s
largest earthquakes that’s a lot of
moving and shaking makes you feel pretty
bad for the man in black
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number two is quakes contain water into
gold I love God who doesn’t according to
a study in the scientific journal Nature
Geoscience it is quakes vaporize water
in faults leaving behind all that sweet
sweet gold well so of what mostly in the
water is carbon dioxide but it also
contains silica and other elements
including gold this virgin Goldschlager
remains hidden until the pressure from
an earthquake causes the fault fractures
to open and out comes the treasure
unfortunately for those without access
to high-powered excavation tools the
gold will remain hidden underground so
maybe it’s time you join that local team
of miners who always seemed so chipper
[Music]
number one a massive earthquake may have
shortened the length of a day on earth
we’re gonna die we’re gonna die we all
know mother earth is a powerful lady but
did you know she has the ability to
alter time that’s right after a gigantic
8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile
scientists quickly deduced a pair of
unusual facts number one the town of
concepción had been moved ten feet to
the west and to the east rotation had
undergone a dramatic change it appears
that the very fabric of space-time has
written you see by slightly altering the
Earth’s rotation the length of a day on
our blue planet was shortened by one
point two six microseconds well a
microsecond is only one millionth of a
second long it still counts so if you
start to feel like the days are getting
shorter you can shake your fist at the
ground and blame it on the quake
so which of these facts did you find the
most interesting check out these other
great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
varies from the overly dramatic to the
downright silly aren’t quite as
thankfully we’re here to set the record
straight when it comes to the planet’s
most notorious rumblings welcome to
watchmojo.com Stallman we’re counting
down the top 5 facts about earthquakes
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content number 5 you don’t feel most
earthquakes if someone were to tell you
that the earth experiences several
million earthquakes per year you’d
probably wonder why all major cities
don’t look like metropolis at the end of
Man of Steel however the vast majority
of these quakes are so small you can’t
even feel them I fear not the media
tends to put focus on the few bad apples
that cause significant damage but of the
hundreds of thousands of tectonic shifts
that transpire throughout the year only
a hundred or so of the worst offenders
make it to the news number four eye
squeaks and moon quakes exist while they
may sound like some sort of dance your
father swears was big in the 70s these
two unique phenomena have been known to
occur in their respective regions
primarily striking within the interior
of Antarctica and ice quake also known
as the cryo sysm is quite similar to its
earthly brethren
however they happen in sheets of ice
rather than in the ground below moon
quakes are you guessed it quakes on the
moon they are considerably weaker and
occur less frequently than those inside
and strike more or less in the middle of
the moon’s interior on the bright side
property damage and loss of life are
highly unlikely when either of these two
unusual quakes occur number three the
Ring of Fire produces the most
earthquakes in the world rude Oh shaped
more like a horseshoe than a ring this
ominously named location is home to 90%
of all quakes on is traversing the
boundaries of the Pacific Ocean the
aptly named ring covers a distance of
roughly 25,000 miles making contact with
North and South America Asia and Oceania
the reason why this particular region is
so saturated with seismic activity is
simple the
than eight different tectonic plates are
constantly bumping crushing and
colliding with each other within its
boundaries
the result is an area that produces
eighty-one percent of the world’s
largest earthquakes that’s a lot of
moving and shaking makes you feel pretty
bad for the man in black
[Music]
number two is quakes contain water into
gold I love God who doesn’t according to
a study in the scientific journal Nature
Geoscience it is quakes vaporize water
in faults leaving behind all that sweet
sweet gold well so of what mostly in the
water is carbon dioxide but it also
contains silica and other elements
including gold this virgin Goldschlager
remains hidden until the pressure from
an earthquake causes the fault fractures
to open and out comes the treasure
unfortunately for those without access
to high-powered excavation tools the
gold will remain hidden underground so
maybe it’s time you join that local team
of miners who always seemed so chipper
[Music]
number one a massive earthquake may have
shortened the length of a day on earth
we’re gonna die we’re gonna die we all
know mother earth is a powerful lady but
did you know she has the ability to
alter time that’s right after a gigantic
8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile
scientists quickly deduced a pair of
unusual facts number one the town of
concepción had been moved ten feet to
the west and to the east rotation had
undergone a dramatic change it appears
that the very fabric of space-time has
written you see by slightly altering the
Earth’s rotation the length of a day on
our blue planet was shortened by one
point two six microseconds well a
microsecond is only one millionth of a
second long it still counts so if you
start to feel like the days are getting
shorter you can shake your fist at the
ground and blame it on the quake
so which of these facts did you find the
most interesting check out these other
great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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