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Rumblings. a 6.8 quake striking olympia, washington, in '01. leaving behind $1 billion in damage. that part of our country has obviously the highest standards for construction because of the fault lines there. but how can we truly protect ourselves? one final number to leave you with. a nasa scientist says the latest quake in chile struck with such force it tilted the earth's axis, shortening the days on this planet by 1.26 microseconds. we probably won't notice but it is powerful. still ahead -- political punch lines. "snl" stars past and present in a new video funny or die, fighting for fi...

Contribute to the chilean red cross. >> the secretary of state in santiago today. nasa meanwhile now says that the earthquake in chile was so powerful that it actually made our days shorter. the force of it displaced so much of the earth's mass that it impacted the earth's rotation and shifting the axis about three inches, but it is doubtful that you will notice the change. it is only 1.26 microseconds which is just slightly longer than one millionth of a second, but people notice. back home here in the united states, the u.s. postal service is losing billions of dollars, and is now scramb...

Right now, the people involve say it is going to be too hard to measure this 1.26 microsecond shortening of the day is an estimate. >> sure. >> but i will bet you that within five years, certainly within ten years, there are going to be groups of people at the national institute of science and technology, formerly the bureau of standards and places like that, will be able to measure this, so we all depend on this stuff. here is a phone with a map of london on it, right now. >> right. >> and this is made possible, because we are able to measure time in these tiny, tiny segments. we would not be...

Wave coming. >> all right. president bachelet says that looting has been contained although a curfew in concepcion has been extended to midday. earthquakes like this have not only an impact on the people, but the globe, itself. a jet propulsion scientist at nasa says that the earthquake as chad told us was an 8.8, actually shook earth off its axis a little bit. and the effect of that is that it has shortened the day by a 1.26 microsecond. now a microsecond is -- what is that? one millionth of a second. so the day is one millionth of a second. look at the earth when it is rotating on the axis l...

And then nasa scientists say the massive rumble actually shifted our planet's axis, and each day has been shortened by 1.26 microseconds. whether you call it looting, they say it will not be tolerated. soledad o'brien has that story. >> reporter: people were looting and stealing, anything they could get their hands on. and the president of chile said that will not be tolerated. we have seen tanks rolling down the highway, and the curfew is in place, so not much traffic out but we expect that to change in a little bit when the curfew lifts. when you draw people to the fires created by the loote...