[time-nuts] CNN: Tsunami effects on Earth's rotation

John Ackermann N8UR jra at febo.com
Wed Dec 29 17:45:42 UTC 2004


CNN is reporting that the earthquake and tsunami may have caused the 
earth to speed up by 3 microseconds (presumably, they mean shortening 
each day by that much) and to shift on its axis by about one inch: 
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/29/quake.wobble.reut/index.html

Not much precision or detail in the article, unfortunately.

John




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