Quake may have made earth wobble, shortened days
Daily Times [Pakistan]
01/03/05
The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation -- shortening days by a fraction of a second -- and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, US scientists say. Richard Gross, a geophysicist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, theorized that a shift of mass toward the Earth's centre during the quake on Sunday caused the planet to spin 3 microseconds, or 3 millionths of a second, faster and to tilt about an inch on its axis."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-1-2005_pg6_10
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
01/03/05
The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation -- shortening days by a fraction of a second -- and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, US scientists say. Richard Gross, a geophysicist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, theorized that a shift of mass toward the Earth's centre during the quake on Sunday caused the planet to spin 3 microseconds, or 3 millionths of a second, faster and to tilt about an inch on its axis."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_3-1-2005_pg6_10
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 3. Jan, 13:40
