Chile Earthquake Might Have Shortened Earth's Day | EarthSky

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natural disasters earthquakes earth's rotation rotation of the earth mass tectonic
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Chile Earthquake Might Have Shortened Earth's Day | EarthSky

The massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 might have shortened Earth's day by 1.26 microseconds. This EarthSky report tells us how and what the ramifications of this change will be.

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