Hello, today I will be calculating the amount of energy or force need to destroy the surface of the Earth. To begin we will need to decide what would be acceptable to call the Earth’s surface. I have concluded to use the Crust as the planet’s surface for these following reasons. The reason I am creating this is due to the lack of detail on surface destroying feats, instead of just being brushing these feats off as Multi-Continent level (6-A), Characters will gain the force need to perform these feats, while some will possibly gain upgrades in tier (Depends on how the feat is performed).
1) The Crust is the first and outermost layer of the planet. All life and all that is built stands and we see resides on top of the Earth’s Crust. It is the first part of the planet to be hit when attacked. It would seem to be logical to say that the first layer of a planet is the surface.
2) It is commonly referred and pointed to as the Earths surface. When searching up “How deep is the Earth’s surface” and “What is the Earth’s surface called”, the Crust is brought up to be the Earth’s first layer its surface. Even as a child I was taught that the crust was the Earth’s surface. You can visit this site for more information on the Crust. This site also refers to the crust to be the surface.
"How deep is the Earth's surface?"
"What is the earth's surface?"
3) The Earth’s Crust is only 1% of the Earth. Destroying the Crust doesn’t entail as much damage as some people will think. The Crust is only a tiny portion of the Earth and could be argued by some to be too little to be considered the Earth’s surface. However, I believe it is perfectly fine.
Now that I’ve listed my reasons why the Crust should be considered the Earth’s surface, and possibly other planets, let’s see how much energy or force is needed to destroy it.
Method 1: Percentage Method
The Crust makes up 1% of the Earth. Using the Earth’s volume of 260 billion cubic miles we can find the Crusts volume. Firstly, we need to convert the volume to cubic miles to cubic centimeters. Using this calculator, we get a total volume of 1.0837272746145507e+27 cm^3. The Crust makes up 1% of the earth.
1.0837272746145507e+27/100
= 1.0837273e+25 cm^3
| Fragmentation (8 j/cc): 8.6698184e+25 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
|---|---|
| Violent Fragmentation (69 j/cc): 7.4777184e+26 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
| Pulverization (214.35 j/cc): 2.3229695e+27 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
| Vaporization (25700 j/cc): 2.7851792e+29 (Moon level/5-C) | |
| Atomization (30852.2 j/cc): 3.3435371e+29 (Moon level/5-C) | |
| Subatomic Destruction (5.403E14 j/cc): 5.8553786e+39 (Dwarf Star level/High 5-A) |
Method 2: Hollow Sphere Method
This method hollows out the Earth and only leaves the Crust. As shown in above the Earth’s Crust ranges from 5 to 70 kilometers deep. For this calculation, I will be using three ranges (5km, 37.5km (70+5 /2) and 70km). Using this calculator, we can find the volume of the Earth’s Crust. (NOTE: This calculator uses mm so the results would be in mm^3 and therefore converted into cm^3).
5km:
R o= 6371 km and R i= 3180.5 km
volume= 9.48442632599e+26 cm^3
| Fragmentation (8 j/cc): 7.5875411e+27 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
|---|---|
| Violent Fragmentation (69 j/cc): 6.5442542e+28 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
| Pulverization (214.35 j/cc): 2.0329868e+29 (Moon level/5-C) | |
| Vaporization (25700 j/cc): 2.4374976e+31 (Small Planet level/Low 5-B) | |
| Atomization (30852.2 j/cc): 2.9261542e+31 (Small Planet level/Low 5-B) | |
| Subatomic Destruction (5.403E14 j/cc): 5.1244355e+41 (Small Star level/Low 4-C) |
37.5km:
R o= 3671 km and R i= 3148 km
Volume= 9.52531835126e+26 cm^3
| Fragmentation (8 j/cc): 7.6202547e+27 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
|---|---|
| Violent Fragmentation (69 j/cc): 6.5724697e+28 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
| Pulverization (214.35 j/cc): 2.041752e+29 (Moon level/5-C) | |
| Vaporization (25700 j/cc): 2.4480068e+31 (Small Planet level/Low 5-B) | |
| Atomization (30852.2 j/cc): 2.9387703e+31 (Small Planet level/Low 5-B) | |
| Subatomic Destruction (5.403E14 j/cc): 5.1465295e+41 (Small Star level/Low 4-C) |
70km:
R o= 6371 km and R i= 3115.5 km
Volume= 9.56537469403e+26 cm^3
| Fragmentation (8 j/cc): 7.6522998e+27 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
|---|---|
| Violent Fragmentation (69 j/cc): 6.6001085e+28 (Multi-Continent level/High 6-A) | |
| Pulverization (214.35 j/cc): 2.0503381e+29 (Moon level/5-C) | |
| Vaporization (25700 j/cc): 2.4583013e+31 (Small Planet level/Low 5-B) | |
| Atomization (30852.2 j/cc): 2.9511285e+31 (Small Planet level/Low 5-B) | |
| Subatomic Destruction (5.403E14 j/cc): 5.1681719e+41 (Small Star level/Low 4-C) |
In hopes of this getting accepted. A page about surface feats would be beneficial for the wiki and its users, providing easy access to details about the feats. Also, with a page, we could add the feats levels based on other planetoids such as the moon and other planets as they have various different Crust sizes.
P.S. Sorry about the tables if they look weird. First time using them.