Re: Tsunami Disturbs Earth's Rotation

From: md (not)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:47:05 +0100

"SaberScorpX" <saberscorpx@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041226191306.21770.00002429@mb-m14.aol.com...
> Massive Quake, Tsunamis Kill Thousands in South Asia
> More Than 11,000 Dead in Seven Countries as Tidal Waves Slam Coasts
>
> <http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20041225210109990003>
>
> ...authorities sorted out a far-flung disaster caused by the 9.0-magnitude
> earthquake, strongest in 40 years and fourth-largest in a century.
>
> ''All the planet is vibrating'' from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of
> Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the
> quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation.

So that's why my GOTO mount was slightly off last night! 

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md
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