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Earth’s Day Length Gets Shorter Thanks to Japan Earthquake

Posted by Chris Monty in March 13th 2011

Pin Itemailprint Not only did we all have to “spring forward” this morning, but our Earth day is now a little bit shorter too, thanks to the massive earthquake in Japan on Friday. The quake, which has now been upgraded to a 9.0 magnitude temblor, shortened the length of each day by a fraction of [...]

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Chile Earthquake Shifts Earth’s Axis

Posted by Chris Monty in March 2nd 2010

The massive earthquake that devastated Chile and caused tsunami warnings in Hawaii may have also literally knocked Earth off its axis. The quake, which measured 8.8 on the Richter Scale, may have also made our days shorter, according to NASA’s Richard Gross. This type of small change to the Earth’s axis shouldn’t have much of [...]

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