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The powerful
earthquake that
unleashed a devastating
tsunami on Friday
appears to have moved
the main island of Japan
by eight feet (2.4
meters) and shifted the
Earth on its axis.
"At this point, we know
that one GPS station
moved (eight feet), and
we have seen a map
from GSI (Geospatial
Information Authority)
in Japan showing the
pattern of shift over a
large area is consistent
with about that much
shift of the land mass,"
said Kenneth Hudnut, a
geophysicist with the US
Geological Survey (USGS).
Reports from the
National Institute of
Geophysics and
Volcanology in Italy
estimated the 8.9-
magnitude quake shifted
the planet on its axis by
nearly four inches (10
centimeters).
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waves moving
away from the epicentre
"move incredibly fast, in
fact in the deep water
they move at 800kmh.
But as they get to
shallower water, the front
of the waves slows down,
the back of the waves
keep going at full speed.
So what starts off as a
ripple that may only be
20 or 30 cm high ends up
with a wave that piles up
to an eccessive 10 metres.
That is what happened
here in Japan.