Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days
NASA -- The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day and should have moved Earth's figure axis (the axis about which Earth's mass is balanced) by 2.7 milliarcseconds (about 8 centimeters, or 3 inches). more at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/earth-20100301.html
Chile quake may have tipped Earth's axis
(CNN) -- The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted Earth's axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say. ... The magnitude 9.1 earthquake in 2004 that generated a killer tsunami in the Indian Ocean shortened the length of days by 6.8 microseconds. ... http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/02/chile.quake/index.html
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