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03-13-2010, 01:51 AM | #1 |
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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 |
03-13-2010, 02:36 AM | #2 |
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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..
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Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
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03-13-2010, 04:42 AM | #5 |
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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.
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03-13-2010, 05:20 AM | #6 |
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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 |
03-13-2010, 05:39 AM | #7 |
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Re: Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
Chives coming up here already, Alberta?
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