Tiny Slowdown in Earth's Rotation Could Unleash Major Earthquakes

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Tiny Slowdown in Earth's Rotation Could Unleash Major Earthquakes

Post by Doum » Fri Nov 24, 2017 6:13 pm

"A tiny slowdown in Earth's rotation next year could trigger more earthquakes than usual, new research suggests."

https://www.space.com/38860-slow-earth- ... uakes.html

Past periods of slow rotation over the last 100 years have coincided with more earthquakes than average, according to research presented last month at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America

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Re: Tiny Slowdown in Earth's Rotation Could Unleash Major Earthquakes

Post by BDanielMayfield » Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:34 pm

Interesting article Doum. Thanks for sharing it.

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