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Earthquake in Chile alters Earth’s axis

“It was one of the largest earthquakes in history, measuring a bone-jarring 8.8 on the Richter Scale. Because of both its placement and strength, the quake rocked the Earth so much that the planet’s axis was altered, rotation speed increased, and the day shortened by 1.26 microseconds.”

Excerpt from: http://www.examiner.com/x-12676-Cleveland-Photography-Examiner~y2010m3d3-Chile-earthquake-rocks-earths-axis-watch-it-happen-on-video

After feeling like every time I turn around, there’s another natural disaster, (I.e Chile, Haiti, New Orleans) I decided to look up the occurrences of natural disasters in the past ten years. Turns out there have been 67 significant natural disasters in the past century! Take a look: http://www.247quoteus.com/general/67-worst-natural-disasters


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