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02 March 2010
Chilean earthquake energy outflow
Data from NOAA depicting the "distributed energy" in the aquatic realm. The NYT has a companion map overlaid with tsunami arrival times (24 hours to reach Japan). Via PopSci.
Apparently the earthquake also shortened earth days by 1.26 milliseconds and shifted the earth's axis 3 inches (8 cm or 27 milliarcseconds). Interesting...
Apparently the earthquake also shortened earth days by 1.26 milliseconds and shifted the earth's axis 3 inches (8 cm or 27 milliarcseconds). Interesting...
ReplyDeleteSorry, I meant to link that: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100302/sc_space/chileearthquakemayhaveshorteneddaysonearth
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