The Earth’s axis has shifted 10 cm following Japan earthquake

[ej510]

Source: The Total Collapse

The impact of the earthquake that hit Japan this morning shifted the earth’s rotation axis is nearly 10 inches. It’s the preliminary result of studies carried out by INGV, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

IMPACT – The impact of this event on the axis of rotation, said INGV, was also much greater than that of the great Sumatra earthquake of 2004, which was 7 cm of linear and two thousandths of an arcsecond angle, and probably second only to Chile earthquake of 1960. The earthquake in Chile last year shifted the Earth’s axis of about 8 cm .

CLASSIFICATION FOR INTENSITY – The earthquake of 11 March 2011 stands at fifth place in the ranking of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded since the seismic surveys are accurate.

Read more: http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/the-earths-axis-has-shifted-10-cm-following-japan-earthquake/

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Wow 10cm.

[Scuba]

1. You know what this means...

...Palm trees in Wisconsin !!!!

[Myrina]

2. +1000000!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[bbgrunt]

11. LOL.

[Jackpine Radical]

Aw, we already have them.

I saw 'em on Fox, and I even saw one in Eau Claire.

[sasquuatch55]

31. I almost wet myself!!!LOL

nt

[Scuba]

33. if you put the "n/t" in the title, folks won't have to click to see there's "no text"... and WELCOME

[pintobean]

53. Like you just did?

[L. Coyote]

78. LOL n/t

[Snoutport]

71. thank you! i'd wondered what n/t meant! n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. THey ARE already there, just

ask mr, the tide comes in, the tide goes out, no miscomunication.

[we can do it]

3. 10 cm is about 3 inches

[fasttense]

6. Yeah, the comment is confusing considering 10 INCHES was in the 1st sentence. n/t

[ej510]

7. almost 4 inches.

[L. Coyote]

80. Annual secular polar motion is six inches

"Secular polar motion alters the actual latitude of almost all geodetic positions on the planet, very slowly changing latitude at a local rate. The change in latitude due to secular polar motion is very slow "

http://www.jqjacobs.net/archaeo/cahokia.html

Annual Secular Polar Motion is the alteration in the position of the axis of rotation relative to the surface of the geoid.

0".0035 (= 0.00000972222....°) along the meridian 65° W.

[denem]

84. Six inches of polar motion - once a year?

- Below the belt again. Sorry, I just can't help it.

[kentauros]

16. Although my analogy here is nowhere near the same scale,

go outside and move your house/apt about half an inch to the east. I'll wait ;)

[ehrnst]

21. Guy math. You know.. saying that something is 10 inches when it's really 3.. ;)

[defendandprotect]

23. As I recall, centimeter is about 2.54th of an inch --

[kentauros]

27. More like about 2/5th of an inch.

The conversion factor is 2.54cm per inch :)

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. Four, 2.5 cm = 1 inc

[Ter]

4. Than what does an extinction-level meteor shift the Earth?

It's got to be a lot more, no?

[snooper2]

13. a couple degrees I would think 3-5

around the equator is 1,577,762,208 inches...

You can do the math from there but this is nothing :)

[Ptah]

25. two thousandths of an arcsecond angle

[kentauros]

18. If it's an "extinction-level" impact,

then however much it tilts the planet over won't matter too much to anything that manages to survive ;)

[Ter]

20. It will to the roaches

They always seem to survive the worst. :)

[kentauros]

24. Some animals have internal compasses,

but I have yet to hear of any with an internal protractor :P

[AtheistCrusader]

41. Depends on where it strikes across the surface of the globe, and what direction

it was travelling, and what direction the earth was rotating, etc.

[WCGreen]

5. THE END TIMES ARE NEAR....

REPENT, REPENT, REPENT SINNERS...

What, you mean that is less than a half an inch.

Damn foreign measurnazis!

[BuelahWitch]

69. Aw shit, I just ate a chocolate eclair!

x( WTF, I'm a sinner and proud of it!

[dmr]

8. So, since 2004 the axis has shifted 18 cm, or 7.1 inches. What does that mean?

I usually ask my son, but he's not home.

Is this bad? How much can we shift? Does the earth self-correct?

:shrug:

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Put Chris Christie on the opposite side,

That should tilt things back to normal.

[adigal]

62. LOL!!! Donch'a know he's hot and sweaty!!! n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

66. ...

:spray:

Sonofabitch, DUers are so damn funny!!!

:rofl:

[BobbyBoring]

17. What does it mean?

I think an extra 1/2 hr. of sun light in Alaska

[Posteritatis]

38. Not much of anything, really

It's impressive insofar as it takes an incredible amount of power to shift the axis at all, but it's not the sort of thing we would be able to notice if it wasn't for the incredibly sensitive equipment we have these days. It'll have no discernible effect on much of anything we can notice on human scales.

[dmr]

58. Thank you,

Appreciate the answer.
:hi:

[MilesColtrane]

44. "What does that mean?"

DOUBLE RAINBOW!

[dmr]

59. Well, it's awfully pretty

:hi:

[petronius]

76. It's not just 18 cm since 2004 - the axis is shifting all the time as isostatic rebound

continues (10 cm is about the annual shift from that), as mass moves around in body of the planet, and as mass is redistributed seasonally in the oceans and atmosphere.

What it means is that the rotation of the Earth traces out a very complicated wobble at a bunch of time scales, but it really only matters if you're relying on celestial navigation and need fraction-of-a-mile accuracy, keeping track of satellites, or doing other things that require extremely precise geodetic data...

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. I thought the sun looked a little closer today.....

I was right.

[Iliyah]

15. Well I

mentioned this on another thread but a commerical keeps coming on tv stating that a VERY rich person predicts end of america 2011. Its a video and they want to you go to the site. I refuse.

[kentauros]

10. 10 cm is pretty amazing!

Most that know the metric system won't think that's much, at least not until you mention that is for the whole of the planet, off-kilter now by a whopping 10 cm, and from just one earthquake!

Now, if it was that "10 inches" your link uses, which then contradicts itself with the 10 cm figure, that would likely have been a big enough quake to wipe out most if not all of Japan and surrounding island nations. The US will probably never go over to the metric system (thanks to, of all things, how we measure plots of land) but such confusions of measurements can lead to disastrous results in other fields (Mars Climate Orbiter, anyone?)

[denem]

81. Nah it's on the small side. 10 inches? Now you're talking.

:evil grin:

[kentauros]

87. To you, perhaps.

To me, any movement of this massive planet like that is phenomenal. Most people just have no sense of scale ;)

[nykym]

14. Quick someone call

Peter King this sounds like a terrorist action they need to investigate.

[me b zola]

57. i've been waiting for the Wasilla grifter to call for an invasion of Japan

for sending waves of water to Alaska

[golfguru]

19. This earthquake is clear proof of mother nature's strength

Man is just a small insect compared to the power of nature.
In a few minutes this earthquake released more energy than the entire United States
consumes in one whole year. Strong enough to shift earth's axis of rotation! WOW!!

[defendandprotect]

26. This is nature in chaos -- brought about by capitalism's exploitation of nature --

[slackmaster]

29. Wow. I hear little birds singing in my head after reading that one.

I think at the end of this we're all going to be shocked by the power of the earthquake, and impressed by how well prepared the Japanese were.

[tammywammy]

42. ...

:eyes:

So what about all the earthquakes that occured before captialism was even around?

[defendandprotect]

54. How about the increasing earthquakes since capitalism ... ??

The Pentagon Warning to Bush re Global Warming being a more serious threat to

US than "terrorism" mentioned increasing "earthquakes" as a consequence of

Global Warming -- among increases in other weather systems -- including

storms, hurricanes, cyclones and tornadoes. It mentioned "earthquakes" but

that's been scrubbed now.

Increase in droughts/floods, of course -- more chaotic weather conditions.

Global Warming is changing our weather systems -- El Nino and La Nina are part

of Global Warming -- they used to be rare weather evens -- once in every 1,000

or 2,000 years.

We've changed wind directions -- especially notable in California.

And while the Pentagon didn't mention volcanic activity, I would imagine that

will also be part of it.

No one can predict the compounding conditions of Global Warming --

[tammywammy]

61. Global warming has absolutely nothing to do with earthquakes. n/t

[defendandprotect]

70. Pentagon disagrees with you --

as does the increasing incidence of earthquakes and their severity --

[apocalypsehow]

75. Simply false. Post a link to evidence backing up your assertions, please. Thanks. n/t.

[tammywammy]

85. Link please. n/t

[defendandprotect]

89. "Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional..."

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says.

http://www.livescience.com/7366-global-warming-spur-earthquakes-volcanoes.html


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver

The latest revelations have triggered warnings from scientists that they no longer have the funds to keep a comprehensive track of climate change. Last week the head of the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Professor Jane Lubchenco, warned that the gathering of satellite data - crucial to predicting future climate changes - was now at "great risk" because America's ageing satellite fleet was not being replaced.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/26/climate-change-obama-administration


Additionally Pentagon issued a Warning to W. Bush re Global Warming --

which originally included "earthquakes" -- it was later scrubbed.

I'd also suggest that volcanic activity should have been included in that warning.

You might also recall that during the Bush administration we saw numerous instances of lying

and falsifying of public documents -- such as a report on Global Warming and an EPA report

on air quality in NYC after 9/11 -- among many other lies.

[tammywammy]

90. So your proof is a 'scrubbed' Pentagon report that you can't link to? n/t

[Codeine]

72. "but it's been scrubbed now"

Riiiight. Convenient that -- so you can make an assertion but not have to back it up.

You have less than nothing to contribute, as always.

[petronius]

60. Those were warnings from the Earth that we'd better not start up with that capitalism BS

Mother Gaia was saying "Hey! I hear you've been thinking about a profit-centered system of production and exchange. Well, if you do that, I'll do this! And maybe some of THIS!"

:)

[Imajika]

65. Ahh, see those earthquakes were our pre-emptive punishment...

...for what Mother Nature knew we'd do in the future!

Why the 1883 volcanic eruption (and associated earthquakes) and destruction of the Island of Krakatoa was a pre-emptive punishment for.....Walmart.

[AtheistCrusader]

43. Whut?

[SidDithers]

49. WTF?...nt

Sid

[snooper2]

51. I was waiting for you in this thread!!!!!!!!!!

You were missed! :hi:

[defendandprotect]

55. Hi -- was just also adding that the Pentagon Warning ....

didn't mention increased volcanic activity - but would imagine that's

also happening!! ????


:hi:

[Codeine]

67. This was Pangea.

Tectonic movement separated and moved it into the continents we see today without any help from capitalism. Your theory is remarkably stupid if entirely predictable.

[slackmaster]

22. Dammit, I just got my telescope mount aligned perfectly

:argh:

[snooper2]

28. Report- EVERYONE MUST DO THIS! CRITICAL!!!

At 9:07:34 PM EST Everyone in the U.S. Must jump up and land towards the West. Try to get all your mass to hit the ground in a Westward direction.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THIS!!!!!

Important Note!
This excludes Hawaii (You folks would just throw everything off so please sit still!)

[uppityperson]

32. +100000

[Scuba]

34. Not bad for a Cowboys fan. Go Packers !!!!!

[Hugabear]

50. Or, just get Rush Limbaugh to blow really, really hard towards the east

Should have the same effect

[SpankMe]

30. Take these reports with a grain of salt.

Someone always reports the Earth's axis or rotational speed changes after big quakes. Experts will generally say that it's possible and likely, but that it's difficult to measure for sure because other factors overtake these effects. For example, the differences in snow coverage (water/ice accumulation on the ground and in the air) also affect the mass properties (and thus the motion characteristics) of the Earth throughout the year. Heck, there are even models that show the winds across the surface of the globe have an effect on any given day.

I'd question the motives of web sites that focus on doomsday and global collapse. It's not that they aren't capable of reporting true facts. But, it's how they frame it and what emphasis they put on it. Why is this 10 cm movement a big deal? What's the point, given that shifting wind and precipitation have a far greater effect?

[kentauros]

37. "The big deal" is that a movement of 10cm by a planet

measuring 12,700+ km in diameter at all because of one earthquake is pretty impressive. And it's not some fraction of a millimeter; this is a measurement easily discernible to the naked eye. That's a big deal! :D

The movement of the mass offshore from Japan, something I saw on one of the BBC reports by a geologist was it measured about 500km by a few tens of km and all that moved (I think) 8m toward Japan. That's pretty impressive, too.

[defendandprotect]

56. Remember that the dams and reservoirs built by our Army Corps of Engineers ...

over the past 60 years or so are impacting the rotation of the earth --

that was according to a NY Times report probably 20 years ago --

Many reasons for getting rid of the dams.

And little reason to ignore Global Warming and the impact it is already having --

Further, no one can predict how all of this will compound.

[apocalypsehow]

77. False. Link, please, to this "NY Times report" or any other credible data to verify this claim. n/t.

[GoneOffShore]

82. You want facts and links?

You're going to wait a long time.

They never appear.

[apocalypsehow]

88. I have a feeling that you're exactly right. Call it the triumph of hope over experience, to coin a

phrase. :toast:

[ET Awful]

35. NOOOOO, Hapgood's Theory is coming to pass, Earth Crust Displacement is coming

the movie 2012 was right!!!!!

We're all DOOOOOOOOMED. DOOOOMED I TELL YA!!!!!

[Zorra]

36. bummer. I thought I was having a really cool flashback.

but why did the shifting of the earth's axis can make the sun turn green?
:shrug:

[Kennah]

39. Are we now dilated?

[Codeine]

64. If Gaia would put her feet in the damned stirrups I could check. nt

[Downwinder]

40. Is that a shift right or left?

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. That is four inches for those who need Imperial

that is impressive.

It will continue to ring like a bell for a few too.

[MilesColtrane]

48. Are we getting a shorter day too?

The earthquake in Chile last year sped up the Earth's rotation.

[Scurrilous]

52. K & R

:thumbsup:

[AngryAmish]

63. My wife said the same thing after our honeymoon.

I'm Irish.

[Maine-ah]

68. angryirishamish

say that ten times....

[Canuckistanian]

73. The whole island of Honshu moved about 8 ft. closer to N. America

So now, your flight to Tokyo will be a few fractions of a second shorter.

[undeterred]

74. As long as Madison didn't get moved into Sensenbrenner's district I won't complain.

[denem]

79. 10 inches/10 cm. Did the earth move for you?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

83. This apparently happens every time there's a big earthquake.

It isn't that big of a deal?

[petronius]

91. It's really not a big deal, but it sounds exciting. The axis varies naturally at a

number of different time scales, and this shift is about the same as what occurs gradually over a year or so.

It's still pretty interesting though, as it points to just how much mass was displaced over the space of a few minutes...

[L. Coyote]

86. Wisconsin shifted to the right