Saturday, March 12, 2011

Japan closer than ever

The island of Hoshu as moved
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110312/earthquake-shifted-island-110312/

The Japanese earthquake tilted the earth's axis by a few centimetres.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110313a4.html

The Chilean Earthquake also tilted and axis and shortens the length of a day by a microsecond.

http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20100303/chilean-quake-shifts-earth039s-axis-shortens-days-id-10102272.html

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