Chile Quake Shifted Earth’s Axis
The Chilean 8.8 monster quake was so powerful it actually shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the length of a day.
The devastating earthquake in Chile that killed almost 700 people probably also shifted the Earth’s axis, say NASA scientists, permanently making days shorter by 1.26 microseconds. But since a microsecond is one-millionth of a second, you may not have noticed.