What would happen on earth if there was a surge in gravitational waves

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There are claims that when massive objects merge some of their mass is converted to gravitational energy. Such as the following links:

https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/a/38727/2305

https://youtu.be/FtYwsw3hefc

What kind of macro effects, if any, could be perceived by a person with their senses without instruments if sufficiently large gravitational waves happened to hit earth, in the case of a ripple and in the case of a long term constant change (if that's even a thing, otherwise please assume a very very low frequency, which would mean a gentle slope).

What would be an example of the distances and masses involved for us to feel such effect?

If close, I'd expect gamma rays and such to do us in long before the planet got shredded by Gravitational distortions. — Wayfaring Stranger, Sep 05 '20 at 15:57
@WayfaringStranger good point. But I'm really curious to grasp what's the effect of gravity waves interacting with everyday objects at a human scale. For example, what amount of energy could cause, say, a 1C increase in oceans water leading to global warming, ,if that were to be the dominant effect. So looking back, I'd need to rephrase the title. — Fabio, Sep 06 '20 at 01:06
Does this answer your question? How far should the source be, for the gravitation waves to be visible on Earth? — James K, Sep 06 '20 at 05:21
Note: the actual dislocation of an average gravitational wave is a thousands of a nucleus. — peterh, Sep 06 '20 at 06:50
Related question in Physics SE: How would a passing gravitational wave look or feel? with four long, disparate answers :-) — uhoh, Sep 12 '20 at 04:34

What would happen on earth if there was a surge in gravitational waves

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