NASA : Chile Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth’s Axis, Shortened Days

In addition to causing widespread death and destruction, last week’s devastating earthquake in Chile may have shifted the Earth’s axis permanently and created shorter days, according to scientists at NASA.

Based on calculations thus far, every day from now on should be 1.26 microseconds shorter.

While the change probably won’t be affecting our daily schedules too much (a microsecond is a millionth of a second), it is unsettling to think about how much impact something as concentrated as an earthquake can have on the entire planet.

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