Talk:Quake (natural phenomenon)
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Having different names for earthquakes on different planets (eg, marsquake) is insane. They should all be called earthquakes. Earthquake contains the word 'earth' but this should be irrelevant to its definition. Earthquake contains the world 'earth' because the word originated from the planet earth, which is where humans originated. And so planet Earth was the place where earthquakes were first observed and named. However, these same geological symptoms do occur on other planets, and hence do not need to be assigned a new name. Instead making up a new word for an earthquake on Mars, why not just call it 'an earthquake on mars'. Its like having a different word for the 'atmosphere' for every planet, instead of just using the word 'atmosphere'. (eg, like saying: Mars doesnt have an atmosphere, it has a marsosphere) Ok, the atmospheric composition for each planet is different, but you can still refer to them all as 'atmosphere'. Same thing = same word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.204.91 (talk) 20:07, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. Molten planetary cores will produce tectonic effects, up to and including including volcanoes and "planetquakes". Venusquake...c'mon! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.40.194 (talk) 21:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
