Chile Earthquake Moved Earth Off Axis

Chile Earthquake Moved Earth Off Axis — There are many horrifying and interesting facts after the magnitude 8.8 which struck Chile on February 27. One fact that really take many attention is that massive Chile earthquake moved earth off axis. This statement was firstly released by NASA scientist yesterday. With this fact, it’s believed that the whole day is being shorter than before.

Instead of NASA scientist, there are also many scientists agreeing that the massive Chile earthquake moved earth off axis. The massive 8.8 Chili earthquake, the fifth strongest earthquake ever recorded, likely shifted the Earth on its axis and also shortened the day by about 1.26 microseconds.

Scientists believe other quakes, such as the 2004 9.1-magnitude earthquake in Sumatra, have also decreased the Earth’s day. That quake is believed to have shortened it by 6.8 microseconds, and altered the axis by nearly 7 inches.

“The story is quite similar to the December 26, 2004, magnitude 9.0 Sumatra earthquake, which was followed by a magnitude 8.7 quake on [the Sumatra fault's] southern end on the 28th of March 2005,” geologist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts said in a statement.

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