If there was a sudden tectonic plate shift on Mars...

[her209]

would it be called a "marsquake"?

 

[SonnyDaze]

Why I think so...

I've always wondered what the music would be like at a Mars bar?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Maybe a 'Barsoom Boom?'

 

[Snapster]

They are, same as moon -> moonquake's which can last for hours due to absence of water to damp out the seismic vibrations.

Scientists really need to come up with a more general name like planetary quakes, are they just going to name it after every single planet; Hey did you see what damage that Kaufmann-Stubbs quake did last week?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Mars doesn't have plate tectonics anymore

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Snapster
They are, same as moon -> moonquake's which can last for hours due to absence of water to damp out the seismic vibrations.

Scientists really need to come up with a more general name like planetary quakes, are they just going to name it after every single planet; Hey did you see what damage that Kaufmann-Stubbs quake did last week?

yeah, I remember reading a Star Wars book where there was an "earthquake" on one of the planets and it really kind of ruined the immersion for me...

 

[bonkers325]

earth can also mean the dirt/ground underneath you, in which case earthquake is applicable to any planet

 

[Newbian]

As long as it stays delicious do we really care?

 

[dbk]

:| 🙁

 

[MovingTarget]

If they did happen, yes. However, Mars is has cooled sufficiently so that this is very unlikely.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

"Marsquakes of that magnitude may occur about once every 4 and a half years, he said. A marsquake of about magnitude 4, however, might happen somewhere on the planet once a month on an average. Yet, a quake of magnitude 4 would be detectable throughout the planet, again because of its size and presumed structure. "

From a document found through NASA's website
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/r...release_1992_1473.html

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Mars doesn't have plate tectonics anymore

It just isn't the same anymore. . .

 

[Freshgeardude]

so we can have uranusquakes?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: Snapster
They are, same as moon -> moonquake's which can last for hours due to absence of water to damp out the seismic vibrations.

Scientists really need to come up with a more general name like planetary quakes, are they just going to name it after every single planet; Hey did you see what damage that Kaufmann-Stubbs quake did last week?

yeah, I remember reading a Star Wars book where there was an "earthquake" on one of the planets and it really kind of ruined the immersion for me...

Why? They don't speak English. Everything they say is "translated" from whatever language they speak. Earthquake is just the English word for Zzzdzzksa or whatever they would call it.