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Earthquake May Have Increased Speed of Rotation and Caused Wobble on Axis

By , About.com GuideJanuary 5, 2005

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The December 26 magnitude 9.0 earthquake may have caused a shift of mass toward the center of the earth and thus caused the planet to spin 3 microseconds (3 millionths of a second) faster and to tilt about an inch on its axis. Learn more from Wired News.

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July 17, 2010 at 1:50 pm
(1) Jack Miller says:

u may have something there….. All forms of mass have certain gravity factorts

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