Why did the ancient people think the earth was motionless.

(This is a science question)

It was thought that the Earth was the central planet in the planetary system and that every other planet turned around the Earth.

Explanation:

Aristotle had an opinion that the planets and Sun are motionless. He didn't see any sign of movement of the Earth. No perpetual winds that would blow.

Also, he said that the ball thrown into the air didn't fall behind the one who threw it, so it meant the Earth couldn't be rotating and moving.

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.