Archive: March, 2010

Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis, NASA Scientist Says

By Alex Morales March 1 (Bloomberg) — The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said. Earthquakes can involve shifting hundreds of kilometers of rock by several meters, changing the distribution of mass on [...]

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