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23 Jul 2010, 10:22 am

If the whole of Asia crumbled into the ocean how big do you think would be the tidal wave be that would be casued by it?

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23 Jul 2010, 3:05 pm

What, you mean all at once?

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23 Jul 2010, 4:11 pm

quite big jamesy

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23 Jul 2010, 4:13 pm

Bigger than the empire state building?

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23 Jul 2010, 4:14 pm

i dont think theres actualy enough water to accoplish that, the wave would have to be rougly half the mass of the earth i would think

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23 Jul 2010, 4:16 pm

you should try it and let us know how it goes

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23 Jul 2010, 4:22 pm

Leekduck wrote:

i dont think theres actualy enough water to accoplish that, the wave would have to be rougly half the mass of the earth i would think

This is what I was thinking.

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23 Jul 2010, 4:25 pm

It wouldnt be possible, not enough water.

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23 Jul 2010, 4:49 pm

Apperently its actually going to happen in the future.

Its one of the doomsday theories.

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23 Jul 2010, 4:53 pm

They predicted California would sink by now. We're still here.

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23 Jul 2010, 4:56 pm

Some people might wind up marooned on the moon.

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23 Jul 2010, 4:59 pm

They also thought that every computer would malfunction at the end of 1999. Nothing happened.

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23 Jul 2010, 5:01 pm

they thought the devil would rise from hell and end the world in 2006, nothing happened

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23 Jul 2010, 5:49 pm

Jamesy wrote:

If the whole of Asia crumbled into the ocean how big do you think would be the tidal wave be that would be casued by it?

The wave produced would be composed of molten rock. The biosphere would be largely destroyed (I'd say totally, only life is tenacious and stuff at the bottom of the oceans might survive.) The only way you're going to move that much rock that far is by dropping a very large rock (like, the Moon) on the centre of the continent. We're talking Borealis Basin style impact. Have a look at a map of Mars. See how the north - nearly the entire north of the planet - is below the mean height (roughly the same as sea level on Earth, only of course there aren't any seas), and the south - nearly the entire south of the planet - is above the mean height? That's roughly what shifting Asia into the sea means. ^^

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23 Jul 2010, 6:02 pm

The only doomsday scenario with Asia is the immense amount of Methane stored in frozen lakes and permafrost of siberia.

Typical Russia's gonna end the world with a great big fart

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23 Jul 2010, 7:03 pm

Jamesy wrote:

Apperently its actually going to happen in the future.

Its one of the doomsday theories.

So the theory is that Asia and Asia alone will sink? Quite odd, since it's connected to two other continents. Would it be only most of Asia within the space or would it be all of Asia exactly? Cuz then that'd be weird as hell.

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