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Showing posts with label earth. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Chile Quake Changed Earth's Rotation ... probably.


From Space.com:  The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday. The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds.  Read this story here.