Thursday, March 4, 2010

NASA: Chile quake may have changed space and time!

NASA scientists claim the Chile quake was so powerful it actually knocked the Earth off its axis and shortened the length of a day.

Chilean quake shortened Earth's day, but not by much.
A JPL scientist says we ended up losing 1.26 millionth of a second of a day, and that the magnitude 8.8 quake also shifted the axis around which the Earth rotates.
When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck South America last weekend, the ground rumbled in Chile, the sea rose in the Pacific, and a day on Earth got shorter. Not by much.
Earthlings ended up losing 1.26 millionth of a second of a day. You can't sense it. Nor is your dog aware of it....
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/03/local/la-me-lost-time4-2010mar04
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