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  • Chilean Earthquake Shortened Earth's Day

    03/02/2010 8:01:16 AM PST · by Clint Williams · 31 replies · 922+ views
    Slashdot ^ | 3/1/10 | kdawson
    ailnlv writes "Days on Earth just got shorter. The recent earthquake in Chile shifted the planet's axis by about 8 cm and shortened days by 1.26 microseconds 'The changes can be modeled, though they're difficult to detect physically given their small size... Some changes may be more obvious, and islands may have shifted... Santa Maria Island off the coast near Concepcion, Chile’s second-largest city, may have been raised 2 meters (6 feet) as a result of the latest quake...'"