A short article (2 pages): Why can't earthquakes and asteroids destroy the Earth? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4104560
Abstract
Imagine an Apocalypse in which the Earth is split apart by a tremendous subterranean shock: - The halves of the planet slowly separate and begin to rotate chaotically, crushing each other with a horrible, hellish crash, while oceans of water and fiery magma fill the ruins of cities... Is it a horror movie? No, this is a very real picture of Armageddon, which can happen at any moment of our lives. Fortunately for the 4 billion years of the Earth's existence, the horrible Apocalypse scenario has not come true, although in the history of our planet many times there have been catastrophic earthquakes of great power. But if the rocks of the Earth's crust and mantle can produce a monstrous force in the form of a catastrophic underground shock, why is our planet still intact? There is a strong belief that the planet Earth, in order to protect itself, has found a mechanism of protection against the inexorable process of formation and release of catastrophic levels of energy. Today we can say that this is indeed the case, and this mechanism is an earthquake shock absorber.
Abstract
Imagine an Apocalypse in which the Earth is split apart by a tremendous subterranean shock: - The halves of the planet slowly separate and begin to rotate chaotically, crushing each other with a horrible, hellish crash, while oceans of water and fiery magma fill the ruins of cities... Is it a horror movie? No, this is a very real picture of Armageddon, which can happen at any moment of our lives. Fortunately for the 4 billion years of the Earth's existence, the horrible Apocalypse scenario has not come true, although in the history of our planet many times there have been catastrophic earthquakes of great power. But if the rocks of the Earth's crust and mantle can produce a monstrous force in the form of a catastrophic underground shock, why is our planet still intact? There is a strong belief that the planet Earth, in order to protect itself, has found a mechanism of protection against the inexorable process of formation and release of catastrophic levels of energy. Today we can say that this is indeed the case, and this mechanism is an earthquake shock absorber.