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7 Strange Ways the Japan Quake Shook the World topic still here ..
7 Strange Ways the Japan Quake Shook the World : on OurAmazingPlanet.com : http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2569-ways-japan-earthquake-shook-world.html
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'One year ago on March 11, the intense shaking and massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan wrought noticeable effects on our planet.
Not only did the twin events cause widespread damage along Japan's coast — the quake was the largest in the country's history — but they also triggered effects across the globe, from the surface to high up in the atmosphere. They even slightly altered the Earth's gravity. ..
1 – Earth's day shortened
An analysis conducted just days after the earthquake struck found that the temblor accelerated Earth's spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds. A microsecond is a millionth of a second.
[ How the Japan Earthquake Shortened Days on Earth : http://www.space.com/11115-japan-earthquake-shortened-earth-days.html ]
2 – Gravity altered
The earthquake was so powerful that it altered the pull of gravity under the area affected by the quake, as detected by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites. The quake slightly thinned the crust, causes a slight reduction in the local gravity field.
[ Massive Japan Earthquake Altered Earth's Gravity : http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/1887-japan-earthquake-altered-earth-gravity.html ]
3 – Atmosphere was rattled ..
4 - Antarctic iceberg broken ..
5 – Antarctic ice stream sped up ..
6 – Smaller quakes triggered worldwide ..
7 – Cracks in the seafloor ..'
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7 Strange Ways the Japan Quake Shook the World topic still here ..
7 Strange Ways the Japan Quake Shook the World : on OurAmazingPlanet.com : http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2569-ways-japan-earthquake-shook-world.html
QUOTE:
'One year ago on March 11, the intense shaking and massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan wrought noticeable effects on our planet.
Not only did the twin events cause widespread damage along Japan's coast — the quake was the largest in the country's history — but they also triggered effects across the globe, from the surface to high up in the atmosphere. They even slightly altered the Earth's gravity. ..
1 – Earth's day shortened
An analysis conducted just days after the earthquake struck found that the temblor accelerated Earth's spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds. A microsecond is a millionth of a second.
[ How the Japan Earthquake Shortened Days on Earth : http://www.space.com/11115-japan-earthquake-shortened-earth-days.html ]
2 – Gravity altered
The earthquake was so powerful that it altered the pull of gravity under the area affected by the quake, as detected by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites. The quake slightly thinned the crust, causes a slight reduction in the local gravity field.
[ Massive Japan Earthquake Altered Earth's Gravity : http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/1887-japan-earthquake-altered-earth-gravity.html ]
3 – Atmosphere was rattled ..
4 - Antarctic iceberg broken ..
5 – Antarctic ice stream sped up ..
6 – Smaller quakes triggered worldwide ..
7 – Cracks in the seafloor ..'
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