Everybody has heard about the earthquake in Japan. It is very unfortunate that something that like has happened, and I pray that things will get better. However there may have been a global impact. Scientist hav determined that the earthquarke caused te earth's axis to shift about 6.5 incehs, in result making our days shorter by 1.26 microseconds. See the axis shiefted because during the earthquake, large masses moved, therefore shifting the weigh/mass of the earth and in result shifting the axis 6.5 inches.
Another result of the earthquake is that Japan is now 12 feet closer to North America.
"Japan Earthquake May have Shifted Earth's Axis: NPR." NPR: National Public Radio: News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts: NPR. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.
http://www.n.pr.org/2011/03/18/134658880/Japan-Earth-May-Have-Change-Earths-Axis.
