What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning for one minute?

If only the atmosphere keeps going, Earth’s surface is blasted with winds moving at hundreds of miles per hour. Most people die.

If the oceans keep going, Earth’s surface is scoured clean by tsunamis moving at hundreds of miles per hour. Nearly everyone dies.

The answer depends entirely on how you interpret the question, which is why you see so many completely different responses.

Are democrats inherently stupid or just lazy? They can Google " Ohio is investigating reports by residents that migrants are eating the local wildlife " why can't they seem to do the most simple things? Blind, ignorant, stupid or obtuse?

If the whole Earth stops by magic, with the angular momentum just vanishing and then reappearing, then the result is very minor. Every clock on Earth would need to be recalibrated against our satellites (unless they magically got paused as well). Siderial, solar, and atomic time would all be out of sync. Other than that, everybody would want to know: What the heck just happened? How did Earth magically stop and start again? But everybody is just fine.

Does it stop due to a massive collision, or does it stop by magic?

Does the rocky planet alone stop spinning?

What causes you to be tired all the time and major headaches?

If Earth’s rotation is stopped and all the angular momentum is released as heat, everyone dies.

Bottom line: Depending on the underlying intent of the question, the answer could be anything from the destruction of the planet and every living thing, to a minor inconvenience that requires resetting our clocks.

Does the solid Earth + the oceans stop spinning?

Is it okay if I am not interested to talk to any of my relatives as I saw the real faces in my brother's marriage as none of them helped us rather were a kind of disappointment and were talking bad?

If it stops by magic, does all the energy from Earth’s angular momentum also disappear by magic, or is it released as heat?

“What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning for one minute?”

If Earth’s rotation is stopped by a collision, everyone dies. The planet is destroyed.

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Does the whole planet (from core to atmosphere) stop spinning?