Japan Quake Changed Balance of the Planet; Massive Temblor Shifted Earth's Axis by 6.5 Inches & Day's Length (953 hits)
Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 24 kilometres below the sea floor that stretched nearly 300 kilometres long and 150 kilometres wide, according to the AP. The areas closest to the epicenter of the quake jumped a full 13 feet closer to the United States, geophysicist Ross Stein at the United States Geological Survey told The New York Times.
The world's fifth-largest, 8.8 magnitude quake was caused when the Pacific tectonic plate dived under the North American plate, which shifted Eastern Japan towards North America by about 13 feet (see NASA's before and after photos at right). The quake also shifted the earth's axis by 6.5 inches, shortened the day by 1.6 microseconds, and sunk Japan downward by about two feet. As Japan's eastern coastline sunk, the tsunami's waves rolled in. Why did the quake shorten the day? The earth's mass shifted towards the center, spurring the planet to spin a bit faster. Last year's massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile also shortened the day, but by an even smaller fraction of a second. The 2004 Sumatra quake knocked a whopping 6.8 micro-seconds off the day. ...
I bet it run the peope watching the atomic clocke's or what ever the clock's that does the earth's turning time nuts.lol
Do you think they get excited when this happens, being scientist I am sure they love it to the up most.I saw a documentary of this clock once and had no idea what they were talking about except time is very exact and changes.NO it was not so much time, I believe it was about day light...oh , now I am all mixed up and had better stop while I am ahead. (otfl) (smile)
good night Jen, my eyes are closing...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
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