Through Hollywood movies, we can find many incredible and disastrous movies, such as "The Day the Earth Stops Moving". So, what happens on Earth if it really suddenly stops spinning? Through today's article, we bring 7 things that could happen on Earth if it suddenly stopped spinning.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" >1, things on Earth will fly eastward rapidly due to inertia</h1>
Once the earth stops rotating, it will inevitably produce great inertia, and all objects on the earth will be affected. Not only people, but also cars, even trees and houses fixed to the ground will fly east rapidly. The North and South Poles, as well as regions close to the North and South Poles, are slower, with the highest speeds at the equator. But no matter which region of the planet it is, it will be devastating.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" >2, a new continent will appear on Earth</h1>
After the Earth stops spinning, the oceans gradually migrate from the equator to the poles. This will eventually lead to the formation of a huge large land mass near the equator. Water leaving the equatorial region must flow somewhere, and that "somewhere" is the poles. On each side of the equatorial megacontinent there will be two completely disconnected polar oceans. In the north, Canada will be completely submerged underwater. Roughly along the present-day border between the United States and Canada, the whole of Greenland, as well as the northern plains of Siberia, Asia, and Europe, will be submerged. But Spain spends most of its time above the water.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" >3, the earth is half hot, half cold</h1>
If the Earth stops spinning but remains in rotation, it means that one side of the Earth will remain day forever and the other side will remain night forever. Because the sun only hits one side, it means that this direction not only lasts during the day, but is also very hot. On the other side, where there is no sunlight, not only the night, but also very cold.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" >4, the moon will fall to earth</h1>
Because the Earth stops spinning, the speed at which our moon, the Moon, spins will begin to slowly weaken, and over time, it will get closer and closer to the Earth, eventually falling to Earth.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" >5, the super tsunami is coming</h1>
Imagine running fast and uniformly with a glass of water in your hand, if you don't stop, the water in your cup won't splash out, but when you suddenly stop, the water in your cup will splash quickly. A similar thing happens to Earth's oceans when the Earth stops spinning. A super tsunami will appear and quickly engulf coastal cities.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" >6, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, and earthquakes</h1>
The entire earth will vibrate due to inertia, so in addition to the hurricanes mentioned above, there will be tornadoes, and the tremors will lead to massive eruptions of volcanoes, as well as strong earthquakes.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" >7, super typhoon appeared</h1>
If the earth suddenly stops rotating, the atmosphere on the earth will also move rapidly due to inertia, which will form a huge wind speed, the speed can reach 1700 kilometers per hour, as a reference, the strongest typhoon Taipei on record has reached 305 kilometers per hour. In other words, the resulting strong typhoon will be more than 5 times stronger than the strongest typhoon in human history. Such a huge wind speed will not only cause great damage to objects on land, but will also cause the Earth to lose part of its atmosphere.