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Ancient Alien 03-13-2010 01:51 AM
Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
March 11, 2010: Pictures of widespread devastation leave no doubt: Last month's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in coastal Chile was strong. How strong? NASA scientists say it might have shifted the axis of Earth itself.

"If our calculations are correct, the quake moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm)," says geophysicist Richard Gross of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

On Feb. 27, 2010, the Chilean quake may have moved the figure axis as much in a matter of minutes as it normally moves in a whole year. It was a truly seismic shift—no pun intended.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...figureaxis.htm

Shadowstalker 03-13-2010 02:36 AM
Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
I think it was a combo of the haiti and china (or was it japan) quake and Chlil quake the made it happen..

Rocky_Shorz 03-13-2010 02:53 AM
Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
Quote:
Santa Maria Island off the coast near Concepcion, Chile’s second-largest city, may have been raised 2 meters (6 feet) as a result of the latest quake, Rietbrock said today in a telephone interview. He said the rocks there show evidence pointing to past earthquakes shifting the island upward in the past.
Story link

Rocky_Shorz 03-13-2010 02:54 AM
Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
Quote:
Perhaps more impressive is how much the quake shifted Earth's axis. Gross calculates the quake 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). Earth’s figure axis is not the same as its north-south axis; they are offset by about 10 meters (about 33 feet).

By comparison, Gross said the same model estimated the 2004 magnitude 9.1 Sumatran earthquake should have shortened the length of day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted Earth's axis by 2.32 milliarcseconds (about 7 centimeters, or 2.76 inches).

Gross said that even though the Chilean earthquake is much smaller than the Sumatran quake, it is predicted to have changed the position of the figure axis by a bit more for two reasons. First, unlike the 2004 Sumatran earthquake, which was located near the equator, the 2010 Chilean earthquake was located in Earth's mid-latitudes, which makes it more effective in shifting Earth's figure axis. Second, the fault responsible for the 2010 Chiliean earthquake dips into Earth at a slightly steeper angle than does the fault responsible for the 2004 Sumatran earthquake. This makes the Chile fault more effective in moving Earth's mass vertically and hence more effective in shifting Earth's figure axis.
NASA

Fredkc 03-13-2010 04:42 AM
Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
Concepcion is now 10 ft. west of where it used to be.

The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, research has found.

Chile's capital, Santiago, moved about 11 inches to the west-southwest. The cities of Valparaiso and Mendoza, Argentina, northeast of Concepcion, also moved significantly.

THE eXchanger 03-13-2010 05:20 AM
Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
it was 50 degrees here in toronto ~ in march ???

almost unheard of - there is NO doubt sun rising/sun setting is slightly off

no caste 03-13-2010 05:39 AM
Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
 
Chives coming up here already, Alberta?


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