What If Everyone JUMPED At Once?
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. And what if every single person on Earth jumped at the exact same time? Could it cause an earthquake or would we not even be able to tell? Well, first things first, let's talk about the Earth's rotation. The Earth spins, that's why we have night and day, and it spins quickly. At the equator, the Earth is spinning at more than 1,000 MPH. Now, a spinning ice skater can speed up by moving mass closer to the center and the Earth is no different. In fact, if you get down on the ground right now and move your mass closer to Earth's center, technically, you will speed up Earth's rotation, making this day shorter. Now, the change that you would make to the Earth's rotation is way smaller than we could even measure...
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Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. And what if every single person on Earth jumped at the exact same time? Could it cause an earthquake or would we not even be able to tell? Well, first things first, let's talk about the Earth's rotation. The Earth spins, that's why we have night and day, and it spins quickly. At the equator, the Earth is spinning at more than 1,000 MPH. Now, a spinning ice skater can speed up by moving mass closer to the center and the Earth is no different. In fact, if you get down on the ground right now and move your mass closer to Earth's center, technically, you will speed up Earth's rotation, making this day shorter. Now, the change that you would make to the Earth's rotation is way smaller than we could even measure...
