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Now you have more time...
...well, you have another 1.26 microseconds in every day. The earthquake in Chile was so strong that it changed the earth's rotation speed, slowing down the day by 1.26 microseconds and also moved the Earth about 3 feet on its figure axis. (The figure axis is the axis around which the mass of the Earth is balanced, it is NOT the same as the North-South axis but is offset by about 10 meters.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/201003...neddaysonearth Cheers Aj
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