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Magnitude 8.8 earthquake that shook chile on saturday was so powerful it may have changed the way the earth rotates on its axis and made the length of a day here on earth shorter. because the quake shifted hundreds of miles of rock, it actually changed the distribution of weight on the planet, which moves the axis around which the globe rotates. nasa geo physicist richard gross told bloomberg news today that according to his calculations the earth's axis likely shifted by three inches because of the quake and the length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 micro seconds. in chile the ...

The way the earth rotates on its axis and made the length of a day here on earth shorter. because the quake shifted hundreds of miles of rock, it actually changed the distribution of weight on the planet, which moves the axis around which the globe rotates. nasa geo physicist richard gross told bloomberg news today that according to his calculations the earth's axis likely shifted by three inches because of the quake and the length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 micro seconds. in chile the official death toll from the massive quake is now above 720. that number is expected to ri...