Earthquake in Chile could change earth's axis

2010-03-03 09:48 AM

Layla
Edmond, OK
Posts: 30

NASA is saying that Chile's earthquake actually shifted the earth's axis by about 8 cm. What kind of problems could this cause for earth? Has this happened before?

2010-03-10 10:55 AM

ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

According to Nasa, the Sumatran earthquake in 2004 shortened the length of each day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted Earth's axis by about 7 centimeters.

Even though the earthquake in Chile was smaller, it's location made it much more effective in shifting Earth's axis.

Looks like we are loosing sleep time with every earthquake. =/