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Groundquake
Groundquakes were natural phenomena on rocky planets. As their internal cores spun, they created rift zones, faults, and plates on the surface as a result of convection currents. When two plates moved past each other, or slid past or under each other, the immense friction would result in a groundquake and anything caught in the shock wave would be damaged or destroyed from shaking. Scales for measuring groundquakes included standard magnitude[1] and the Imperial quake scale.[2]
A magnitude 77.88 groundquake was mentioned as being fairly major.[3]
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Natural occurrences of groundquakes
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Groundquakes were common to Berchest[1], Shola, Riflor, Velusia, and many other planets.
In 43.5 ABY, groundquakes occurred on the planet Kessel.
Artificially created groundquakes
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When Bao-Dur's Mass Shadow Generator was activated once again on Malachor V it unleashed massive and devastating groundquakes that literally tore the planet apart.
The initial shot on Despayre from the first Death Star's superlaser triggered massive groundquakes and shifted entire tectonic plates.[4]
Behind the scenes
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Groundquakes are identical to earthquakes, but on other planets. The scale upon which they are measured appears to be the same also. It is possible that "earth" was replaced by "ground" to avoid any reference to the real-world Earth in Star Wars canon.
Despite this reasoning, Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections makes an erroneous reference to a "Magnitude-10 earthquake" being the maximum yield of one the quad turbolaser batterys aboard the Invisible Hand.
Appearances
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- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
Groundquakes Hit Berchest Cities—HoloNet News Vol. 531 47
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Mercy Mission"
- Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu
- Death Star
- Allegiance
"Rude Awakening"—The Black Sands of Socorro
- Star Wars: Force Commander
- Mission from Mount Yoda
- Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor
- The Unifying Force
Sources
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- Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections
- Mission from Mount Yoda
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- Galaxy of Intrigue
Mercy Mission on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)
Notes and references
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groundquakes Hit Berchest Cities in HoloNet News Vol. 531 47
- ↑ Mission from Mount Yoda
- ↑ Mission from Mount Yoda
- ↑ Death Star
See also
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Earthquake on Wikipedia