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What would it happen if the Earth's core was damaged?
Question Date: 2006-01-13
Answer 1:

The Earth's core is a sphere of nickel-iron alloy that is held together by gravity. It is not possible to"damage" the core.


Answer 2:

I'm not sure how you could damage the Earth's core or what damage would look like but I imagine that anything powerful enough to cause some sort of damage to the core would cause pretty violent effects on the surface.



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