Chile Quake Shifted Earth's Axis

American Voices • Science & Technology • space • ISSUE 46•09 • Mar 4, 2010

The recent earthquake in Chile shifted the axis of the earth 3 inches and made the day 1.26 microseconds shorter. What do you think?

“Now when am I supposed to find time to go to the gym?”
Walter Brooke-Taylor –
Agate Setter
“Though God did inflict great suffering with Haiti's earthquake, He showed His mercy by causing another and shortening the length of the miserable days endured by the Haitian people.”
Paul Garden –
Unemployed
“We'll all just have to work a little harder around here, then, won't we?”
Tabitha Oddie –
Genealogist

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