How large does an earthquake have to be to destroy the Earth?

I am not a physicist. So I cannot compute that. But I can tell you it would have to be fairly big, in fact, Earthshakingly big! But what do you wish to do with it? a. Debilitate Humanity? b. Destroy Humanity, and who cares about other life? c. read more

A magnitude 18.4 earthquake can destroy the Earth at 250 million yottajoules (2.5 x 10^32) Just to let you know: did a bit of digging around. The absolute bare minimum it takes to destroy the Earth is if a magnitude 18.33402 earthquake shook the Earth. read more

Great earthquake. Can totally destroy communities near the epicenter. One every 5 to 10 years: Earthquake Magnitude Classes. read more