What if the Earth stopped spinning for just one second?

India Today

Earth rotates steadily, completing a full spin every 23 hours and 56 minutes. This relentless motion drives the day-night cycle and influences everything from weather systems to ocean tides, making it essential for life on the planet. But imagine if this crucial spin were to halt, suddenly, even for just a single second.

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00:00Have you ever imagined what will happen if Earth stops spinning just for one second?

00:05Right now, as we speak, you're racing at 1670 km per hour just by standing still.

00:14Faster than a bullet train, faster than a jet plane.

00:17Well, you don't feel it because everything around you spins with Earth.

00:21But if Earth stops just for one second, everything that's not bolted down will be thrown off violently.

00:28Imagine winds stronger than a thousand hurricanes.

00:31Car, buildings and even entire cities thrown at jet speed.

00:35Mega tsunamis swallowing coastlines.

00:38Earthquakes tearing continents apart.

00:40And that's not all.

00:42The sudden jolt could even mess with Moon's orbit.

00:45Sending tides into chaos.

00:47Flooding entire coastlines in unpredictable ways.

00:50Yes, even though this is an imaginary situation that we are talking about,

00:55but even factually, the Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down due to tidal forces exerted by the Moon.

01:03The process is so slow that it takes about 50,000 years for our day to lengthen just by one second.

01:10Well, the Earth's rotation is not likely to stop anytime soon.

01:14But remember this, the calm steady rotation under your feet is the invisible force keeping life alive.

01:20Lose that spin and it's game over.

01:23We won.

01:24We won.

01:29Amen.

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