the.com/seismic
When the ground itself decides to interrupt — and you're not invited to negotiate.
means Relating to earthquakes or vibrations in the earth, or by extension, any change big enough to rearrange the furniture of the status quo.
from From Greek seismos, a shaking, born of seiein, to shake — the same root that rattles seismographs and stock markets alike.
Magnitude mathEach step up the scale means ten times more shaking.
Borrowed dramaUsed figuratively for elections, scandals, market crashes.
Earth's gossipSeismic waves reveal the planet's hidden inner layers.