Equatorial radius
6378 km
Polar radius
6357 km
Radius of sphere with Earth’s volume
6371 km
Volume (Earth)
1.083 * 10^12 km^3
Surface area (Earth)
5.1 * 10^8 m^2
Percent surface area of oceans
71%
Percent surface area of land
29%
Average elevation of land
623 meters
Average depth of oceans
3600 m (3.6 km)
Total mass of Earth
5.976 * 10^24 kg
Mean density of Earth
5.517 g/cm^3
Gravity at equator
9.78 m/s^2
Mass of atmosphere
5.1*10^18 kg
Mass of ice
25 to 30 * 10^18 kg
Mass of oceans
1.4 * 10^21 kg
Mass of crust
2.5 * 10^22 kg
Mass of mantle
4.05 * 10^24 kg
Mass of core
1.90 * 10^24 kg
Continental crust thickness
40 km
Oceanic crust thickness
6 km
Earthquake depth (continental)
2-20 km
Earthquake depth (oceanic)
300-700 km