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Post by avordvet on Mar 12, 2011 7:43:30 GMT -5
Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axisBy Kevin Voigt, CNN, March 12, 2011 1:58 a.m. EST (CNN) -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. "At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).... Read More: www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth/index.html?hpt=T1
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Post by brocktownsend on Mar 12, 2011 14:03:38 GMT -5
Just wonderful........
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