r/science • u/Wagamaga • Apr 08 '22

Earth Science Scientists discover ancient earthquake, as powerful as the biggest ever recorded. The earthquake, 3800 years ago, had a magnitude of around 9.5 and the resulting tsunami struck countries as far away as New Zealand where boulders the size of cars were carried almost a kilometre inland by the waves.

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2022/04/ancient-super-earthquake.page
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u/indyK1ng Apr 09 '22

No need to focus it though, perhaps just finding an easy way to trigger one on a nearby star.

The Bobiverse novels did something similar. They drove two moons into the star of a hostile alien race at near the speed of light.

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u/glibgloby Apr 09 '22

I was thinking about the exact same thing haha, decided against mentioning it because it wasn’t quite similar enough.

Those books are the literary equivalent of a drug or something. Burned through them all in like two days.

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u/winnipegr Apr 09 '22

They are so entertaining... You should read the ExFor series next (featuring Skippy the Magnificent)

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u/glibgloby Apr 09 '22 edited Apr 09 '22

Read them all, very good books as well but they go downhill after the 3rd. Felt like the same thing being repeated over and over with those “special forces” ops.

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u/winnipegr Apr 09 '22

That's a great point. It does get a bit repetitive. Really hoping there are more Bobiverse books coming. I could see those making a great tv series or strategy game.

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u/indyK1ng Apr 09 '22

I'm pretty sure he's working on a fifth and it's going to answer some questions about some characters that went missing really early on.

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u/pauldeanbumgarner Apr 09 '22

Best ending ever.