[Chaos-l] Chilean quake changed Earth's rotational axis and speed

[Michael Hrivnak]

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-01/chilean-quake-likely-shifted-
earth-s-axis-nasa-scientist-says.html

The short of it is that the recent earthquake in Chile moved the Earth's axis 
of rotation by about 8cm and shortened the length of a day by 1.26 
microseconds.

Michael
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