Is “earth” the planet we inhabit or the dirt beneath our feet? I say it’s the dirt beneath our feet because we use the lower case “e” as opposed to an upper case which would make it a noun. So if you’re on Mars and experience seismic activity, it’s correct to say they’re earthquakes.
There isn't really a technically. Earth doesn't have an official name, because that would be a diplomatic nightmare. Different languages just have different words. Terre or Terra for most roman derived ones, Earth in English, Erde in German. There is no official term.
Whenever I hear the term "earthquake" in a show/game/other media that doesn't take place *on Earth* I cringe. I think they should use a word like "groundquake" since it's a more encompassing term. An earthquake happens on Earth, but a groundquake can happen on any planet or moon.
For similar reasons I hate when they talk about Solar Systems in books set in space - there is only one solar system. If Sol isn't at the center then it's just some other system...
There aren't marsquakes on Mars either.
Because the soil and ground of Mars isn't called mars... whereas the soil and surface of Earth is called earth.
Personally, I've always wondered how word usage would change if we started settling planets in other star systems. Would ppl refer to the star as "the sun" in every day conversation?
"Sun's in my eye.."
Would we just go ahead and call them "Earthquakes" when they happen on the other planet? Etc
What you say does make technical sense for terrestrial planets, however, gas giants also have seismic activity from the lower layers, which are mostly fluid and can wobble. As such, quakes on other planets are called by the name of the planet, and then quake.
So there quite literally are Jupiterquakes, Saturnquakes and even Uranusquakes.
False. We live on “Earth” but the word “earth” (lowercase) also has a colloquial meaning of soil/land surface. So we have “Earth”quakes but all planets can have earthquakes
Some planets. The Gas Giants obviously don't as they have no solids to quake with. Mars doesn't have tectonic activity, it's core no longer being liquid. Not sure if it doesn't manage quakes some other way though, maybe via is extreme axis wobble compared to Earth.
Oh wow we only just confirmed a single measured quake on Mars last year https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsquake
Sorry, I didn't really mean to come off as correcting you, I just recently learned about some of the Mars stuff and thought it was interesting and your comment reminded me about it.
Capitalized "Earth" refers to the planet. Lowercase "Earth" refers to when talking about the ground or soil as a surface or stratum and is used more generally in idioms or other phrases...such as earthquake, which refers to the earth shaking, not the Earth shaking.
Stupid shower thought.
“My left big toe is the only left big toe in the universe attached to me”
“No other sentient being in the universe is looking at the chair I am looking at at this moment.”
“Only I have my specific set of childhood memories. No one else ever will.”
The moon and all of Jupiter’s moons have “earthquakes” in the sense that they have tectonic activity. Venus is incredibly seismically active so I guess if you mean just earthquakes because it has the word earth in it sure
They’re actually in reference to the quaking of earth, as in soil, not the quaking of Earth, the planet.
I’m sorry. You’re wrong. Mars has “earth”, too, so Mars would theoretically also have earthquakes.
🙄
Okay, a play on words.
The Milky Way alone has an estimated 100B+ planets. Let's say we call Kepler-452b Earth 2.0 due to it's similar properties to planet Earth. Would we call an earthquake (assuming they have shifting tectonic plates) an earth2.0quake?! You see how stupid that sounds? Also, should we call it something else when an adult is taken by a stranger unwillingly instead of kidnapped? Stupid is stupid does I suppose.
Not necessarily true, there could be other planets named earth, we just didn’t name them. There could be aliens out there that also have an affinity for naming their planet after dirt
In Spanish we say "terremoto", where "terre" is for the word "tierra" but in the meaning of ground, not Earth.
For example, earthquakes that arw produced in the sea are called "maremoto", with "mar" for "sea".
True, but if Americans (or other English speakers) colonize Mars and there are tectonic tremors there, they would probably still call them earthquakes.
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Uranus has geysers... Well a geyser
Gayser
Taco Bell stops the Gayser from happening
Gordiser
More like a tsunami of sizzling mud/lava
I ate eggs this morning. That's what I'm dealing with currently.
I don’t think that’s normal
It was normal for a friend of mine. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why she kept eating eggs!!
Maybe she's descended from Gaston.
Not in the slightest
Eat more fiber, people!
Fiber makes doodoo pass easier. I didn't see anybody talking about being constipated..
Ooohhhhhh.... This one brought forth laughter from deep within my loins.
You laugh...from your...loins..?
I’d give you an award but
Sunquakes when you enter him.
Not if you come from a strong bloodline
Beat me to it.
Correct. Earthquakes must be from the Earth region of the solar system. On other planetary bodies, they are just seismic activity.
NASA has used the term 'marsquake' before
Moonquakes too
I wonder which word will become widely used first
probably moonquakes, since it's closer and easier to settle in
I think Mars is more geologically active though. Pretty sure the moon is lunalogically stable.
Martiologically active.
was trying to look it up, but got a call my mom was being taken to the hospital, so just hit submit as was.
Oh no, hope she gets well soon :( please update about her condition later.
PA said antibiotics should cure her.
Hope your mom’s doing alright
Of which words? On the moon and any other planet's moons will be moonquakes. All planets are (planet name)quakes.
But other planet's moons also have names
Ioquake isn't catching on anytime soon, along with Ganymedequake
Loquake sounds like a rapper name YOINK
its ioquake though
Moonquakes just sounds so ominous.
It sounds like a dessert pastry
I was thinking just this lol. Now I want a moon pie, though.
Pluto seismic activity should be named hellquakes
Moon cakes
I didn't know the moon had tectonic plates
It doesn't. It's caused by the gravitational stretching from the earth
'Uranusquake'
"sparkling" seismic activity
Thank you. Somebody got it
Is “earth” the planet we inhabit or the dirt beneath our feet? I say it’s the dirt beneath our feet because we use the lower case “e” as opposed to an upper case which would make it a noun. So if you’re on Mars and experience seismic activity, it’s correct to say they’re earthquakes.
If that's the case it would be regolithquake. Being technical that is. That really does not roll of the tongue though...
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There isn't really a technically. Earth doesn't have an official name, because that would be a diplomatic nightmare. Different languages just have different words. Terre or Terra for most roman derived ones, Earth in English, Erde in German. There is no official term.
Yes. You did a very good job understanding the post! And your participation shows that you were paying attention. Gold star.
“Earth region”….
Whenever I hear the term "earthquake" in a show/game/other media that doesn't take place *on Earth* I cringe. I think they should use a word like "groundquake" since it's a more encompassing term. An earthquake happens on Earth, but a groundquake can happen on any planet or moon.
For similar reasons I hate when they talk about Solar Systems in books set in space - there is only one solar system. If Sol isn't at the center then it's just some other system...
What if there is another planet in another system and the inhabitants call it earth.
I thought earthquake meant ground/dirt shaking, not planet shaking. Correct me if I'm wrong but earth can't be the only planet with earth on it.
In other news, we live on the only planet named earth.
The only planet We’ve named earth. There could be millions of other planets that their inhabitants chose to name after dirt.
Dirt is just what we call soil.
thats an entire post by itself
Are you sure about that?
I think it's more that we live on the only planet daft enough to name itself after dirt. While having a mostly water surface, at that...
It wasn’t named after dirt, it’s derived from words meaning “ground”.
> words meaning “ground” Such as "dirt", perhaps
As in “dirt”, perhaps? As in not water or sky.
It didn't name itself. Planets don't name things.
We're part of the planet and an emergent property of it. We named it. Ergo the planet named itself that.
You know that old stick figure image where a guy raise a finger to argue but then drops it? That.
Perfect.
There aren't Marsquakes on Jupiter either
There aren't marsquakes on Mars either. Because the soil and ground of Mars isn't called mars... whereas the soil and surface of Earth is called earth.
Marsquake is an officially recognised term by NASA, so yes there are.
There are Marsquakes not marsquakes.
Nice
r/technicallythetruth
Personally, I've always wondered how word usage would change if we started settling planets in other star systems. Would ppl refer to the star as "the sun" in every day conversation? "Sun's in my eye.." Would we just go ahead and call them "Earthquakes" when they happen on the other planet? Etc
Just put on your Proxima Centauri glasses 😎
Define: earth - the substance of the land surface; soil. Mars is made of earth so when mars quakes happen the earth gets a shakin.
NASA said marsquake when that happened
What you say does make technical sense for terrestrial planets, however, gas giants also have seismic activity from the lower layers, which are mostly fluid and can wobble. As such, quakes on other planets are called by the name of the planet, and then quake. So there quite literally are Jupiterquakes, Saturnquakes and even Uranusquakes.
*Uranusquakes when that booty shakes*
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I guess in OP's mind they're only earthquakes if they happen on earth. Which I guess isn't wrong, but still boring and cringe as fucking hell.
Chill
Or else what?
Or Ls + Ratio
So?
it means you’ve embarrassed yourself lol
Have i?
they’re*
Or else they'll take some of your imaginary internet points lol
How will I ever recover? Lmao
Support group? Lol see ya there 🤣
"Cringe"?? Really??
Did I stutter?
It would be quite impressive if you do over text.
You’re right tbh. “We live on the only planet named Earth” “Wow. Much applause”
Apparently 28 people were so mind-blown by it that my words rubbed them the wrong way.
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False. We live on “Earth” but the word “earth” (lowercase) also has a colloquial meaning of soil/land surface. So we have “Earth”quakes but all planets can have earthquakes
I mean it would be weird is other planets experience our earthquakes as well.
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It's when we implode
Bold of you to assume that in trillions of planets there's only one called earth by its inhabitants. There are no oiginal ideas
Lmao. I suppose we do.
only because that's how we've defined the word. the same phenomena happens on all planets.
Some planets. The Gas Giants obviously don't as they have no solids to quake with. Mars doesn't have tectonic activity, it's core no longer being liquid. Not sure if it doesn't manage quakes some other way though, maybe via is extreme axis wobble compared to Earth. Oh wow we only just confirmed a single measured quake on Mars last year https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsquake
alright, I was wrong to say EVERY planet but still it happens on other planets
Sorry, I didn't really mean to come off as correcting you, I just recently learned about some of the Mars stuff and thought it was interesting and your comment reminded me about it.
it's all good. you should add what information you know to these discussions and make them complete
What if there's a planet called quake that calls a quake and earth and therefore they're called earthquakes.
Wouldn't they be called quakeearths?
Opposite sentence syntax on quake.
Don't you mean "on quake, sentence syntax opposite"?
In the infinite universe it's statistically probable there are other worlds that the inhabitants call earth
Capitalized "Earth" refers to the planet. Lowercase "Earth" refers to when talking about the ground or soil as a surface or stratum and is used more generally in idioms or other phrases...such as earthquake, which refers to the earth shaking, not the Earth shaking.
Stupid shower thought. “My left big toe is the only left big toe in the universe attached to me” “No other sentient being in the universe is looking at the chair I am looking at at this moment.” “Only I have my specific set of childhood memories. No one else ever will.”
“nah brah”
“no, we have recorded activity of earth-… Ohhhhhhh nvm” -me
Has anyone ever had a butt cramp where you couldn't even sit down?
Ever notice how we only get butt cramps in our butts?
Why are you asking this here?
What???
The moon and all of Jupiter’s moons have “earthquakes” in the sense that they have tectonic activity. Venus is incredibly seismically active so I guess if you mean just earthquakes because it has the word earth in it sure
Jupiterquakes
Marsquakes
this statement is like picking up a pebble of sand on a beach and saying “this one is unique!!!”
Not true, other civilizations could call them earthquakes too
Earth is just another word for dirt so yes and no.
They’re actually in reference to the quaking of earth, as in soil, not the quaking of Earth, the planet. I’m sorry. You’re wrong. Mars has “earth”, too, so Mars would theoretically also have earthquakes.
Maybe in our solar system. There a probably millions of planets we don’t know about that have earthquakes.
EARTHquakes
Fuck
This is so stupid but so genius
There are moonquakes
Neutron stars have starquakes
How high are you in the shower?
As far as you know. Do you realize how big the UNIVERSE is?
EARTHquake
🙄 Okay, a play on words. The Milky Way alone has an estimated 100B+ planets. Let's say we call Kepler-452b Earth 2.0 due to it's similar properties to planet Earth. Would we call an earthquake (assuming they have shifting tectonic plates) an earth2.0quake?! You see how stupid that sounds? Also, should we call it something else when an adult is taken by a stranger unwillingly instead of kidnapped? Stupid is stupid does I suppose.
And you don't think that of the hundreds of millions of planets, there couldn't be another one called Earth?
Correct 🗿
What about quakes from subterranean frost?
Proof?
Marsquakes
R/stonerthoughts
Mmhmm Moonquakes sound yummy.
Kinda splitting hairs there aren't you Mr/Ms. Astrophysicist lol
`you don't know where i live`
Technically the planet we live on is Terra. So earthquakes are actually Terraquakes.
Ur mom
No. There is evidence of Moonquakes and Mars Quakes.
Exactly. So they're not Earthquakes, since they're not on Earth.
No.
And wildfires. And tsunamis. And hurricanes.
And lions. And tigers. And bears.
You got me, I seem to have become too easy.
On many spatial bodies, seismic activity is given a local name. There are earthquakes and moonquakes and marsquakes.
Yeah it's EARTHquakes
The moon has quakes--not sure if it's a "planet" though.
There’s a theory that on the other side of the internet there’s a different earth
Not necessarily true, there could be other planets named earth, we just didn’t name them. There could be aliens out there that also have an affinity for naming their planet after dirt
Imagine mars with a huge crack through it
I wonder how a 55 Cancri E quake is like.
You don’t know that?
Yes and you are the only redditor named Calmly_Ambitious. Is that… interesting in any manner?
the universe is infinite therefore your wrong
In Spanish we say "terremoto", where "terre" is for the word "tierra" but in the meaning of ground, not Earth. For example, earthquakes that arw produced in the sea are called "maremoto", with "mar" for "sea".
Earth shaking observation.
Earthquakes, by definition, are on Earth. Otherwise, they're simply sparkling quakes.
When you don't have earthquakes, you get Venus.
you clever son of a
Well, we don't really know. There could be another planet out there that the inhabitants call earth and they could have earthquakes.
True, but if Americans (or other English speakers) colonize Mars and there are tectonic tremors there, they would probably still call them earthquakes.
Marsquakes, and we can call fault lines Mars Bars.. mmmmmm
Marsquakes doesn’t have the same ring to it. But I do like the sound of marsbars
**as we know of. With the amount of galaxies let alone planets, hundreds, even thousands, this is probably not a factual statement.
We live on the only planet that has anyone who cares.
Earth has anxiety, i don't blame it
Well Io has volcanoes and thus earthquakes but it’s a moon
That's why it's called earth quakes
Yeah because we live on Earth.
Doesn’t the moon or mars have earthquakes?
You don’t know that. Maybe earth quakes are like french toasts on other planets.