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An earthquake is a series of seismic waves resulting from the sudden release of energy within the tectonic plates of a planet's crust. The term "earthquake" is commonly used in reference to such seismic events on any planet, not just Earth, although the term planetquake can also be used. (Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division, TOS novel: Serpents in the Garden)

History and specifics[]

Specifics[]

Earthquake levels are measured on the Richter scale. (TOS novel: Dark Victory, TNG novel: War Drums, SCE eBook: Past Life)

An offshore earthquake that significantly displaces ocean water can cause a tsunami. (TNG novel: War Drums, Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division)

In the 2380s, an advanced structural geology class at Starfleet Academy taught earthquake mechanics. (Last Unicorn RPG module: Starfleet Academy Handbook)

When the USS Enterprise-B was caught in the Nexus, retired Starfleet Captain Montgomery Scott mentally likened the shaking of the vessel to an earthquake. (ST novel: Engines of Destiny)

Prediction[]

Seismographs and seismic probes monitor seismic activity. (TOS comic: "The Devil's Isle of Space", TNG novel: The Forgotten War)

The planetary sciences number in the technological/sociopolitical index assesses a culture's ability to deal with earthquakes. A "5" on the scale denoted basic earthquake prediction capability, which, for example, Iotians had achieved by 2271. (FASA RPG modules: Game Operations Manual, Another Piece of the Action)

Vulcans have an innate ability to sense impending earthquakes. [1] Cats and dogs also seem able to sense them, according to a statistical analysis of newspaper ads reporting numbers of lost pets shortly before a quake. [2] Genetically engineered jellyplants have been used to predict quakes on Elysium. [3] Weather and air quality tend to change prior to an earthquake, at least according to Charles Tucker III in 2153. [4]

Geologists can identify regions prone to earthquakes [5] as well as ways of reducing their severity. [6] By the 2150s, geologists were able to predict an eruption up to three weeks ahead with an accuracy of ten hours. [7] In 2267, terraformer Heston Prescott built an earthquake-warning device. [3] Occasionally an earthquake evaded prediction even in the 24th century, with research at Atlantis station at Isla del Fuego in the Atlantic Ocean serving to improve prediction efforts. [8]

Prevention[]

Pressure could be dissipated through controlled releases of magma. Centaurans on Alpha Centauri IV liberated seismic pressure through artificial volcanic-like vents. (TOS novel: Burning Dreams, Last Unicorn RPG module: Planets of the UFP)

By the 22nd century, structures in earthquake-prone San Francisco were fortified with billerite to absorb forces up to a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale. [9] By the 2250s, California's San Andreas fault was stabilized [10] with seismic regulators installed within caverns along the fault [11] using Vulcan techniques that redirected energetic forces. [7] Additional seismic regulators were installed in 2368. [12]

In 2270, a method of redirecting earthquake epicenters was tested on Argo by the starship USS Enterprise using specially targeted detonations of photon torpedoes and phaser beam strikes. (TAS episode & Log Five novelization: The Ambergris Element)

Seismic regulators were also installed on Risa. (DS9 episode: "Let He Who Is Without Sin...")

External causes[]

Events[]

Historic earthquakes on Earth[]

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Notable earthquakes on Vulcan[]

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Notable earthquakes on other planets[]

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Earthquake-prone locations[]

Planets with virtually no earthquakes[]

Appendices[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 TOS novel: Dwellers in the Crucible
  2. TNG novel: Into the Nebula
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 TOS novel: Burning Dreams
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 ENT - Strange New Worlds VII short story: "Earthquake Weather"
  5. FASA RPG module: Star Fleet Officer's Manual
  6. Last Unicorn RPG module: Star Trek: The Original Series Core Game Book
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 TOS novel: Academy: Collision Course
  8. 8.0 8.1 TNG - Starfleet Academy novel: Atlantis Station
  9. 9.0 9.1 TNG - Starfleet Academy novel: Loyalties
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 TOS movie: Star Trek
  11. 11.0 11.1 TNG novel: The Best and the Brightest
  12. 12.0 12.1 TNG episode: "Time's Arrow"
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 ST - Myriad Universes - Shattered Light novella: Honor in the Night
  14. 14.0 14.1 VOY - Dark Matters novel: Cloak and Dagger
  15. TOS - Errand of Vengeance novel: Killing Blow
  16. 16.0 16.1 TOS novel: Twilight's End
  17. 17.0 17.1 TOS - Starfleet Academy novel: Aftershock
  18. TNG novel: The Genesis Wave, Book 1
  19. TNG novel: The Genesis Wave, Book 3
  20. 20.0 20.1 TOS - Crucible novel: Provenance of Shadows
  21. 21.0 21.1 TOS - Crucible novel: The Fire and the Rose
  22. 22.0 22.1 TOS - Crucible novel: The Star to Every Wandering
  23. 23.0 23.1 NF novel: End Game
  24. 24.0 24.1 TOS comic: "It's a Living"
  25. 25.0 25.1 GAT novel: Cold Wars
  26. 26.0 26.1 TOS novel: Ice Trap
  27. Adventures RPG module: The Sciences Division
  28. 28.0 28.1 TOS novel: Cast No Shadow
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 TOS - Vulcan's Soul novel: Epiphany
  30. 30.0 30.1 VOY novel: Ghost of a Chance
  31. 31.0 31.1 DS9 novel: Objective: Bajor
  32. 32.0 32.1 ST - Typhon Pact novel: Paths of Disharmony
  33. 33.0 33.1 TOS - Rihannsu novel: Empty Chair
  34. 34.0 34.1 DS9 - YA novel: Space Camp
  35. 35.0 35.1 VAN novel: Precipice
  36. 36.0 36.1 TOS episode & Star Trek 10 novelization: The Empath
  37. 37.0 37.1 37.2 TOS - New Earth novel: Wagon Train to the Stars
  38. VOY - String Theory novel: Cohesion
  39. 39.0 39.1 TTN novel: Sword of Damocles
  40. 40.0 40.1 TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2
  41. TOS novel: The Great Starship Race
  42. 42.0 42.1 TNG novel: A Fury Scorned
  43. 43.0 43.1 DS9 episode: "The Reckoning"
  44. ST - New Worlds, New Civilizations short story: "At Times of Peril"
  45. Last Unicorn RPG module: Starfleet Academy Handbook
  46. 46.0 46.1 Adventures RPG module: Beta Quadrant Sourcebook
  47. 47.0 47.1 TOS - Starfleet Academy novel: The Gemini Agent
  48. 48.0 48.1 48.2 TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky
  49. 49.0 49.1 TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: To Reign in Hell
  50. 50.0 50.1 TOS novel: Preserver
  51. 51.0 51.1 TOS novel: Dark Victory
  52. VOY episode: "Future's End"
  53. ST - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "The Immortality Blues"
  54. 54.0 54.1 TOS novel: A Flag Full of Stars
  55. TOS novel: The Lost Years
  56. TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace
  57. TNG novel: Q-Squared
  58. TNG novel: Q-Space
  59. ST - Myriad Universes - Infinity's Prism novella: A Less Perfect Union
  60. TOS novel: Vulcan's Forge
  61. Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans
  62. TOS - Strange New Worlds II short story: "The First Law of Metaphysics"
  63. TNG - Starfleet Academy novel: Deceptions
  64. FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update
  65. NF novel: Martyr
  66. TNG novel: Q-Zone
  67. 1,000 years prior to settlement, in DS9 - Millennium novel: The War of the Prophets
  68. settlement date in Last Unicorn RPG module: All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook
  69. TNG - A Time to... novel: A Time to Sow
  70. 70.0 70.1 TNG novel: Fortune's Light
  71. SCE - What's Past eBook: Distant Early Warning
  72. VAN novel: Summon the Thunder
  73. VAN novel: Reap the Whirlwind
  74. TOS comic: "World Against Time"
  75. TOS comic: "The Empire Man!"
  76. TOS novel: Serpents in the Garden
  77. TOS novel: Legacy
  78. TOS novel: Mindshadow
  79. TAS episode & Log Five novelization: The Ambergris Element
  80. SCE eBook: Remembrance of Things Past
  81. TOS novel: Pawns and Symbols
  82. TOS - New Earth novel: Thin Air
  83. TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Search For Spock
  84. FASA RPG module: The Federation
  85. TOS novel: In the Name of Honor
  86. TNG novel: Power Hungry
  87. TNG novel: Masks
  88. TNG novel: Doomsday World
  89. VOY - Invasion! novel: The Final Fury
  90. TNG novel: The Devil's Heart
  91. TNG episode: "A Matter of Time"
  92. TNG novel: War Drums
  93. TNG novel: The Romulan Stratagem
  94. VOY novel: The Murdered Sun
  95. VOY novel: Chrysalis
  96. VOY - Distant Shores short story: "Closure"
  97. SCE eBook: Past Life
  98. SCE eBook: Some Assembly Required
  99. ST - Myriad Universes - Echoes and Refractions novella: The Chimes at Midnight
  100. 100.0 100.1 ST - Destiny novel: A Singular Destiny
  101. Decipher RPG module: Worlds
  102. GAT novel: Chainmail
  103. VOY - The Amazing Stories short story: "When Push Comes to Shove"
  104. TOS novelization: The Search For Spock
  105. TOS novel: The Pandora Principle
  106. SCE eBook: Lost Time
  107. 107.0 107.1 Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of Kolinahr: The Vulcans
  108. TAS episode & Log Five novelization: The Jihad
  109. TOS audiobook: Dinosaur Planet
  110. TOS novel: Spock's World
  111. TNG novel: grounded
  112. TOS novel: Firestorm
  113. 113.0 113.1 Last Unicorn RPG module: The Way of D'era: The Romulan Star Empire
  114. TOS novelization: Star Trek
  115. Last Unicorn RPG module: The Andorians: Among the Clans
  116. Adventures RPG module: These are the Voyages: Mission Compendium Vol. 1 mission: "A World With a Bluer Sun"
  117. ST reference: The Worlds of the Federation
  118. DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit
  119. TNG novel: Foreign Foes

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