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troutman · 03-02-2010, 03:24 PM

Quake may have altered earth's axis, and shortened our days:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_482002.html

Richard Gross, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues calculated that Saturday's quake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.

03-02-2010, 03:24 PM	#116
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Quake may have altered earth's axis, and shortened our days: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_482002.html Richard Gross, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and colleagues calculated that Saturday's quake shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.