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The tag 'axis shift' on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about how major earthquakes, particularly the 2011 Japan earthquake, can cause a measurable shift in Earth's axis and alter the length of a day. Content references calculations by NASA scientists showing that the 9.0 magnitude quake shifted the planet's axis by about 15 centimeters and reduced the day by 1.6 microseconds. The tag also includes related topics such as tectonic plate movements and their geophysical effects. While not directly about Windows or computing, this tag reflects user interest in scientific phenomena and natural events.
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Specialist NASA has calculated that the earthquake in Japan reduced the terrestrial day to 1.6 micro
Link Removed Earthquake in Japan, which became one of the most powerful in the history of the country, according to preliminary calculations, the reduced terrestrial days 1,6 microseconds. On it informs RIA Novosti news agency referring to the specialist's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...- cybercore
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✏ Japan’s earthquake shifted balance of the planet
Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles wide, according to the AP. The areas closest to the...- cybercore
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