Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
March 15, 2011 06:36 pm PDT

NASA: Japan quake appears to have shortened Earth days, shifted axis

NASA reports that the March 11, magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan may have shortened the length of each Earth day by about 1.8 microseconds and shifted its figure axis by about 17 centimeters . "But don't worry--you won't notice the difference," and "calculations will likely change as data on the quake are further refined. "...


Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2niy_dSvD5Y/nasa-japan-quake-app.html

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article