Did The Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Interesting (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/11mar_figureaxis.htm?list1308212)

[BenBurch]

Move a mass on a spinning object that is floating in space...

[lomiller]

I seem to recall something about it causing official clocks to require a slight correction.

I also saw thins, apparently it moved the city of Conception 10 feet to the west, and much of South America 1-10 inches to the west.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100308132043.htm

[macdoc]

Yeah there was a article somewhere on the planetary consequences of total cryosphere loss ...pretty significant...

We are on a very active planet in geological terms....:boggled:

[EHocking]

I seem to recall something about it causing official clocks to require a slight correction.

I also saw thins, apparently it moved the city of Conception 10 feet to the west, and much of South America 1-10 inches to the west.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100308132043.htmI propose a campaign to reclaim the word "awesome".

Because *this* is truly deserving of the adjective.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I also saw thins, apparently it moved the city of Conception 10 feet to the west, and much of South America 1-10 inches to the west.

Does this mean I have to buy a new map?

[EHocking]

Does this mean I have to buy a new map?No.

Just sit slightly to the right of it when you read it.

[jasonpatterson]

Move a mass on a spinning object that is floating in space...

I read somewhere, somewhen ago (lovely thing to admit on here, but there ya go) that the creation of large numbers of sizeable reservoirs has caused a measurable change in Earth's rotation, as the vast majority are in the northern hemisphere and are unevenly distributed. I should think that this change would be a little more drastic, of course.

[BenBurch]

I read somewhere, somewhen ago (lovely thing to admit on here, but there ya go) that the creation of large numbers of sizeable reservoirs has caused a measurable change in Earth's rotation, as the vast majority are in the northern hemisphere and are unevenly distributed. I should think that this change would be a little more drastic, of course.

And your recollection would be correct.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n7_v149/ai_18051356/