A recent earthquake in Chile was found to have shifted the city of Concepción ten feet to the west, shortened Earth's days by 1.26 microseconds, and shifted the planet's axis by nearly three inches. | Harper's Magazine

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A recent earthquake in Chile was found to have shifted the city of Concepción ten feet to the west, shortened Earth’s days by 1.26 microseconds, and shifted the planet’s axis by nearly three inches.

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A recent earthquake in Chile was found to have shifted the city of Concepción ten feet to the west, shortened Earth’s days by 1.26 microseconds, and shifted the planet’s axis by nearly three inches.

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