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Earth’s axis moved in Chile quake, claims NASA researcher March 11, 2010

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Nasa reports that one of their Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory research scientists, Richard Gross, has calculated that Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake of 27 February 2010 may have shifted the Earth’s axis by about 8 centimeters and made days a bit shorter. Using a complex model Gross has come up with a preliminary calculation suggesting this has made our days 2.7 milliarcseconds shorter than before. To read the article click here .

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