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February 10, 2005
Earthquake Changed Time, Coastlines
From Yahoo: The tsunami earthquake changed the shape of the earth, altering the spin and shortening the day a tiny bit -- does anyone else think this is extraordinary? "Scientists at NASA...said the Dec. 26 quake...disrupted the planet's rotation and shaved 2.68 microseconds, or millionths of a second, from the length of a day." Read the rest here.
Posted by csageday at February 10, 2005 07:28 PM
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I guess that's why I feel there isn't enough time in the day.
Posted by: D at February 11, 2005 06:16 PM