Quake accelerates Earth's rotation
Yesterday was just a tiny bit shorter because of the giant earthquake off the coast of Japan.
Nasa geophysicist Richard Gross calculated that Earth’s rotation sped up by 1.6 microseconds.
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185 OFFERYesterday was just a tiny bit shorter because of the giant earthquake off the coast of Japan.
Nasa geophysicist Richard Gross calculated that Earth’s rotation sped up by 1.6 microseconds.
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