Severed Space Elevator

If the ground end of a space elevator was severed, what would the unfolding event look like from the ground? What would the movement(s) look like, and over what period of time?

I'm assuming that it's a "standard" space elevator: situated <= 20 degrees of the equator; diamond nanothread construction; "top" of the elevator in geostationary orbit; tethered weight at 62,000 miles above the Earth's surface.

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