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Japan
quake shifted Earth 4 inches on its axis
Saturday March 12, 2011 03:48:28 PM,
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Washington: The
massive earthquake that shook Japan and triggered a huge tsunami
appears to have shifted the Earth on its axis and moved an island
of Japan, a media report said Saturday.
Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist at the US Geological Survey, told
CNN: "At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet),
and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority)
in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is
consistent with about that much shift of the land mass."
Reports from an Italian institute estimated that Japan earthquake
shifted Earth on its axis by as much as 4 inches, CNN said.
The earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale rocked Japan
Friday and spawned a tsunami that slammed into the northeastern
coast, leaving about 1,000 people dead.
Shengzao Chen, a geophysicist, explained that the quake occurred
as the Earth's crust ruptured along an area about 400 km long by
160 km wide, as tectonic plates slipped more than 18 metres.
The Japan quake follows the Feb 22 earthquake in New Zealand that
killed 150 people.
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