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Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis
CNN ^ | March 12, 2011 1:58 a.m. EST | By Kevin Voigt

Posted on 03/12/2011 2:04:19 AM PST by EternalVigilance

The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

"At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: axis; catastrophism; earthquake; gps; japan; japanearthquake; tsunami
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To: Eye of Unk

“I for one want to know exactly where the North Pole is, and where the magnetic pole is, and how far off they are.”

The magnetic poles are shifting, I remember reading about some airport that had to change some signs for the airplanes.

This goes to show that WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!

It raises the philosophical question “who or what IS in control” asked around a campfire a long long time ago.

Personally I believe Yahweh is in control. Jesus is coming back to reign on this earth someday.


21 posted on 03/12/2011 3:58:10 AM PST by vanilla swirl (We are the Patrick Henry we have been waiting for!)
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To: EternalVigilance
I do not believe this is God’s judgment on Japan, because there is more to come for the world to see.

There is more of this that is going to happen and seen around the world.

The Chinese Communist government is going to collapse and be split in 2.

There is going be calls for the Gospel to be preached in China !! when the Chinese government collapses and be split in 2.

There will be a civil war in China soon, on one part, the communist, and the other ? people just wanting to live, and there will be calls for the Gospel to be preached in China from all around the world.
22 posted on 03/12/2011 4:12:37 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: EternalVigilance

What? The earth’s axis shifted four inches?!?! Quick - call Al Gore! Get Congress to pass an act restoring global balance! Don’t just stand there, do something!


23 posted on 03/12/2011 4:13:49 AM PST by ixtl (You live and learn, or you don't live long.)
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To: Eye of Unk
I see all of this as a warning, weird animal behavior, magnetic pole shifts, earth axis moving. And there is nothing that can be done by any human being to stop it, offhand I would say Satanic powers are at play [...]

Yeah, I guess that there were never violent earthquakes, tsunamis, or other cataclysmic events in the past. /s

Seriously: Applying Occam's Razor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_Razor), wouldn't it make more sense to simply assume that plate tectonics were responsible for this?

Why accept explanations requiring a whole slew of additional unproven suppositions? Even a devote Christian could placidly accept that the catastrophe in Japan, while regrettable, was not due to any supposed divine intervention and/or wrath of God.

Regards,

24 posted on 03/12/2011 4:16:30 AM PST by alexander_busek
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Does anyone know how far inland the tsunami went?


25 posted on 03/12/2011 4:17:24 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: vanilla swirl
Sunday, January 30, 2011 7:41:24 PM · 23 of 39

American Constitutionalist to fightinJAG

Thou shall not touch the LORD's anointed ones, his chosen people, his beloved Children ISRAEL ! and the body of Christ, the Church.

The GOD of Israel will rise up in his wrath and show the whole world just WHO is in charge.
For it is HE who stretches out the heavens and the stars as a curtain canopy.
For the God of Israel sits on the circle of the Earth as his throne.
The GOD of Israel teaches the Leopards to run swift in the wind.

Touch NOT the head or hair of Israel's head or the body of Christ !
The GOD of Israel's wrath will not be quenched.

The GOD of Israel will cause the whole Earth to shake ! WAKE UP PEOPLE !
The Christmas Tsunami was just a drop in the bucket, a drop of water in a pond that ripples out.
There will be a shaking like the Earth has never seen before, and Tsunami's will be seen and felt all the world over.
The Earth will be shaken and rattled, the stars in their place will seem to be shaking , the SUN will seem to be shaking as the Earth wobbles out of it's course and moves closer to the SUN.

THOU SHALT NOT TOUCH THE LORD's ANOINTED ONES !
26 posted on 03/12/2011 4:24:14 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: EternalVigilance

Your tag line has not been stolen, it has been SHARED. Praise the Rock of our salvation!


27 posted on 03/12/2011 4:30:48 AM PST by politicalmerc (The whole earth may move, but God's throne is never shaken. I think I'll stand by Him..)
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To: EternalVigilance
The end time Great Harvest is upon us and there is nothing that the world powers, the NWO people, or China, Obama, no one can do about it.
China's Communist government days are numbered.

Hear that Obama? world powers ?

China's Communist government days are numbered.

China's Communist government days are numbered.

China's Communist government days are numbered.

China's Communist government days are numbered.

China's Communist government days are numbered.

China's Communist government days are numbered.

China's Communist government days are numbered.


The government of China will be split in 2 and the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be freely preached in China and around the world for the end time Harvest.

28 posted on 03/12/2011 4:30:48 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: BunnySlippers

***Does anyone know how far inland the tsunami went?***

SIX miles - according to this report. (although there are bloggers claiming up to 60 miles)

http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_17596280?source=rss


29 posted on 03/12/2011 4:35:44 AM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: sodpoodle

Thank you.

I had heard the 60 miles claim, but it did not sound right. Six miles sounds more realistic.


30 posted on 03/12/2011 4:46:56 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: EternalVigilance

Your tag line has not been stolen, it has been SHARED. Praise the Rock of our salvation!


31 posted on 03/12/2011 4:54:01 AM PST by politicalmerc (The whole earth may move, but God's throne is never shaken. I think I'll stand by Him..)
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To: Eye of Unk

I wonder how much a shift like that in the poles affects our seasons. This would mean the equator shifted also and the angle of the sun hitting the earth, etc.


32 posted on 03/12/2011 4:59:07 AM PST by politicalmerc (The whole earth may move, but God's throne is never shaken. I think I'll stand by Him..)
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To: EternalVigilance

Which way did it shift? This is like a police report on a suspect traveling at a high speed on I-95. Well which way north or south? Partial info is useless.


33 posted on 03/12/2011 5:02:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Gene Eric
Relative to what?

I assume relative to rotation.

34 posted on 03/12/2011 5:04:47 AM PST by TN4Liberty (My tagline disappeared so this is my new one.)
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To: Salamander

Your tagline reminds me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyc6QyDaOBg written as a love song to a human lover it works almost as well as a hymn, maybe even better.


35 posted on 03/12/2011 5:05:13 AM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: politicalmerc

I wonder about that same thing. I wish Texas was a little farther north but we might be going the other way.


36 posted on 03/12/2011 5:07:41 AM PST by Ditter
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I don’tknow how many wobbles the earth has but I have read that there is a IFIRC precession wobble (gyroscopic?) that cycles around 10,000 yrs. I can’t recall if it was some theorized hit that got it going.


37 posted on 03/12/2011 5:11:16 AM PST by TalBlack ( Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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To: EternalVigilance

I always wondered about this comparison, I grew up where the red clay met the sandhills and I noted that very few have the opportunity to literally build their house on a rock. There were thousands built on sand that stood for decade after decade with almost no change but those built on the red clay sometimes settled and shifted, the sand seemed to be the more stable of the two. I guess it depends on what kind of sand it is and how dry or wet. We had a lot of dirt roads and we drove the sand roads in wet weather and the clay roads in dry weather. When it was really dry the sand roads could become impassable, same thing with the clay when it was wet.


38 posted on 03/12/2011 5:12:12 AM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: RipSawyer

I remember that song from when I was a kid....:)

This is where my tagline comes from, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_1JUIdbn1I

Quite a disparity, there....:)

This is one of his best “gospel” songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07K-mapOKvI

You find God in the oddest places, sometimes.

:)


39 posted on 03/12/2011 5:18:23 AM PST by Salamander (I may be lonely but I'm never alone...and the nights may pass me by......but I never cry.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Good tagline.

At work yesterday I couldn’t believe how busy busy busy everyone was. Working hard to meet deadlines, to make the company money, to make sure the top brass receive their 6-figure bonuses. Worrying worrying worrying about doing the job. Complaining about those who are not working 60-hour weeks like the others.

The only mention of the quake and the damage was when someone pulled out an iphone to show images of the whirlpool.

I couldn’t stop thinking about the horror and misery and loss of tens of thousands of Japanese who just wanted an ordinary day.

I’m so deep in the wrong line of work and existence I don’t know where to begin making a change.


40 posted on 03/12/2011 5:19:17 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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