2007-03-20 16:49:32 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It is possible, but not highly likely. The magnetic field of the Earth is not all that strong and small variations occur all the time with no effects. Most memory devices can be exposed to magnetic fields one hundred to one thousand times stronger than that of the Earth without memory loss. This makes it highly unlikely for a variation in the Earth's magnetic field to damage a memory device.
2007-03-20 16:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
not a chance if it is just a disturbance. if you think about it, these memory devices are constantly being subjected to the earth's magnetic field (from north to south) if you just grab the memory device and spin it in circles, it is technically seeing the magnetic field spin in all directions.... and nothing happens to it.
anyway, NO
2007-03-20 23:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by qwerqwerqweqwe 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It would require a field on the order of a thousand times the strength of the earth's field to cause damage.
2007-03-20 23:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only if the magnetic disturbance is close enough to us, and away from the poles. Otherwise, if the disturbance was at the north and south poles, they wouldn't harm a thing.
2007-03-20 23:53:46 · answer #4 · answered by The Ponderer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Impossible, under the hyposthesis of convection. The earth would become something like Venus.
2007-03-20 23:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by ark 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋