Earlier great earthquakes

Resistance — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:50:55 +0000

Earlier great earthquakes also changed the axis and shortened the day. The magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile last year shortened the day by 1.26 millionths of a second and moved the axis by about three inches, while the Sumatra earthquake in 2004 shortened the day by 6.8 millionths of a second, Dr. Gross said.....http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14seismic.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

That's 13.1232ft.

cmaukonen — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:06:31 +0000

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That's 13.1232ft.

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Earlier great earthquakes

That's 13.1232ft.