Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Earthquake Explained by Scientific America


Here is an article from Scientific America that explains how the earthquake occurred in Japan in which the country was pushed west 8 feet and the earth's axis shifted by 6.5 inches.  The earths rotation has been sped up just enough to make the days 1.8 microseconds shorter.

Thank you Presurfer.

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