Not only did the Massive Earthquake and tsunami change things drastically for Japan and those who live there, it has also change the tilt of the Earth. Check out the following link. What are your thoughts?
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. What is the tilt of the earth now then? I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth now, will it just stay like this or will it go back to how it used to be?
I didn;t realize that a tsunami and the earthquake would be strong enough to tilt the earth more and give us shorter days. I think that it is really neat how it happened,but i just wonder if the earth is just going to stay like this now. ?
Its crazy how the earthquake shifted the earth and it changed earth's axis. It made our days shorter and moved all the continents . I didnt think all of this would happen jsut from an earthquake and a tsunami.
japan is wider than it was before. the earthquake changed the rotation of the earth by 1.8 millionths of a second. changes in the atmosphere and glaceirs can effect the earths rotation. although 1.8 millionths of a second isnt that much i think that it still has an effect on earth. anything that moves mass around can effect the earths rotation, but it has to be a lot of mass. the earthquake changed the balance of the earth just like a glacier would and thats what changed the rotation. YAHANZ VELASQUEZ
i think it is awesome that the earths axis is rotating this colud be shifted or that the gps systems are out of whack and that they are off by some places 13 feet. also i did not exspect the axis to be tilted from just an earth quake
I think that that is crazy how the earthquake cause the earths axis to shift and shorten the days. The gps stations moved and one moved 13 feet. Now Japan is wider than it was before. The earths rotation changes all the time but with the affect of the earthquake the rotation can be changed 500 times greater. To me this all seems kind of weird because an earthwuake led to many aftershocks and even our rotation to be changed. Now because out earth has changed, they will have to think about where landing rovers and satilites on other planets so they can get them back if the earth moves. This is all very interesting to me and i hope i can learn more about it.
It was interesting to here that any changes in the atmosphere, for example melting glaciers can change the tilt. This is good that we know this beccause the tilt can affect things including launching satellites and other things to other planets. what surprised me is that the earthquake widened japan as well as shortened the day and shifted its axis by 6.5 inches.
I think it is amazing that 1 earthquake and 1 tsunami could change the earths tilt and change the length of days. I also can not believe just this earthquake andtsunami have chaged the rotation of the earth. Atmospheric winds can be up to 500 times more powerful then the earthquake and tsunami and the atmospheric winds cause the earths rotation to change a lot. Little tectonic events like earthquakes is what cause mountains to fourm. The largest earthquake recorded was in 1960 in Chili. Ethan Mercurio
Its realy awsome that the earth shifted its axis by 6.5 inches and shortend the day by 1.26 microseconds. Its cool that japan got wider. Its kida crepy that some gps staiions moved 13 inches. I wonder how much it will change next time it happens. I hope the ice wont effect the earth rotation. by ted young
I think that it is kind of weird that an earthquake could change the legnth of the day, or the amount of land on a country. Although the time change was under half a second, it is still a new concept that I have ever heard of and at the beginning I htought that it was scarry but then I relized that it was only the tiniest bit. However, I didn't fully understand. Is the change forever or was it just for that day?
Madison i agree with you. I think it is amazing hat an earthquake can affect the earth this much. And Madison, i believe the earth will stay like this now until another natural disaster changes the earth.
i think it is pretty scary that the earth's axis changed from one earthquake. I am wondering that if the earth continues to do this what would happen to us. How and why do these huge earthquakes occur? They said that it make Japan a little bit wider, how? They also said that from global warming the ice in greenland is melting which leads to the oceans which can also change the earth's rotation. I think thats pretty scray too.
the 9.0 earthquake in japan shifted the earth tilt shorting the earths day by just a little bit.the quake made japan wider now.it moved every continent as well and caused a tsunami in japan.no one expected for this earthquake and tsunami to cause so much damage.
I think the earthquake was noteable, but not in a good way. It's obvious to think that something so devistating could change everyone's lifes, but you don't think about it affecting us this way, I mean, the earthquake changed the earth's tilt and length of our days!
Now becuase of the earth qucke the days are shorter and the earths axis shifted 6.5 inches. And now japan is wider by 13 feet. i think it awsome that this could all happen. but will the earth stay like this now.
I think it is very amazing and intresting how an earthquake can shift the whole earth and its axis and caused our days to be shorter and the continents to move a small amount.I was wondering if there was more massive earthquakes which there probably would what would happen to the Earth? I think that eventually after many massive earthquakes will make the earth turn even more and the axis.Also what is the earths tilt now?
The days are now shorter than before because of the tsunami. A scientist said that Japan is now wider than it was before. The days got shorter by 1.8 millionth of a second. The earth has shifted about 6.5 inches. The earth wobbles while it rotates, like an unballenced wheel on your car. Overtime all of these samll displacements make mountains and volcanoes. The largest earthquake that has been recorded was in 1960 in Chilie and this earthquake should have changed the length of the day by about 8 micro senconds. For most people these small changes aren't important to them as they are for JPL when they navigate space crafts. The level of the ocean can change the earths tilt also.
To think in the past 50 years, our days grew shorter by about a second. That right there is slow movement. But a GPS station moved 13 feet?! That's amazing but in Chile, if the station would be there during the earthquake, it problably would have been 50 feet or more! But because the axis shifted, wouldnt the seasons shift too? The climates may have shifted a tiny bit as well as the axis. I wonder if this will affect when the moon flies out of orbit? (Does anyone still remember tat little factoid in Earth in Space section?)
i think that just that big earth quake could cause the axis to change it positions and there has been bigger ones such as the one in 1960 in chili and changed 18 sec.and that it shifted and made the days shorter.
That is cool how the earthquake changed the time of day by 1.8 microseconds and how the station moved 13'.So now japan is wider than it was before.I thought earthquakes were just plates moving not earth tilt changers
the earthquake in japan tilted the earth's axis making our days a little bit shorter.it in fact got shorter by 1.8 millionths of a second. now that doesnt seem like much but its enough for scientists to notice. most of the time, the length of the day changes from atmospheric winds. the affects o9f the wind can be 500 times more affective than the earthquakes. the change in the day length affects how scientists navitgate spacecraft. anything that moves mass around affects the change in rotation. it has to be a large mass movement foer something dramatic to happen. all of these things happening from earthquakes will eventually cause mountains to form. for japan, there are earthquakes there all the time. within that ring of fire scientists having been gathering all kinds of research.
@ Madison: I was thinking the same thing as you about the earths tilt.Also do you think that there will be more massive earthquakes that change the earths tilt like the one that happened in Japan?
George its not just the Tsunami, it was also the 9.0 earthquake too! I just wish that we could forsee the Tsunami and the 9.0 earthquake, to get the whole country safely away from the wreckage. Mabey we will be able to find out ahead of time in the future for other deadly earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes
I didnt know earthquakes can be strong enough to tilt the earrths axis. and made the days get shorter by .millonth of a sec or somthing. In some parts of Japan it moved 13ft causeing gps to be inaccurate. Brendan McWilliams
I cant believe that the earths axis moved even though it was a extremely small amount. I never would have guessed that an earthquake could be that powerful.
@ abby jaspers: it is crazy how the earthquake, in fact anything that moves mass around can change our rotation and shorten our days. but it wasnt the affects of the earthquake that could 500 times greater its the atmospheric winds.
i think it is so cool how a earthquake shifted the earths axis and made the days into 24 hours.it also moved the continents.i wonder if the earth is going to stay with shorter days
@ Sydney&Alexandra; Sydney, I was thinking that too, that the earth will probably stay like this until another natural disaster happens, or the earth might go back to how it was over time. They didnt say anything about it thought in the audio clip. Alexadra, what do you think about the earth moving, and if it will change again back to how it used to be?
@ Rachel; I think there will be more massive earthquakes that change the earths tilt, but not for a while. I think it wouldnt be that good if another massive earthquake happens and changes the earths tilt even more. Also, the techtonic plates probably will cause another earthquake in a while, but probably not in Japan(we hope not)
That is really amazing that an earthquake had that much power, to change the earths tilt. I wonder if that will effect us anyway. I t is really hard to believe that it could also make the days shorter.
I agree with sydney. I think that the earth will stay the same until something else major happens, but even if something else comes could it effect the earths tilt more or would it go back to normal?
I think that that is crazy how the earthquake cause the earths axis to shift and shorten the days. The gps stations moved and one moved 13 feet. Now Japan is wider than it was before. The earths rotation changes all the time but with the affect of the earthquake the rotation can be changed 500 times greater. To me this all seems kind of weird because an earthwuake led to many aftershocks and even our rotation to be changed. Now because out earth has changed, they will have to think about where landing rovers and satilites on other planets so they can get them back if the earth moves. This is all very interesting to me and i hope i can learn more about it.
I didn't realize that a tsunami and the earthquake would be strong enough to tilt the earth more and give us shorter days.It was interesting to here that any changes in the atmosphere can change the tilt. This is good that we know this because the tilt can affect things including launching satellites and other things to other planets.and it's pretty scary that the earth's axis changed from one earthquake. I am wondering that if the earth continues to do this what would happen to us?
I think that it's amazing that the earthquake canged the tilt of the earth and made our days slightly shorter. I thought that it only changed things for Japan.
Ithink it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. I wonder what the tilt is now is it more or less tilted? I hopee that the eart will go back to its original axis but it will take some time.
I can't believe an earthquake in one area could change the earth's tilt. It changed the rotation of the earth, which made days shorter. If a 9.0 earthquake could do this, I don't want to know what a 9.5 or higher could do. I heard that it messed up GPS devices. It also moved the continents. Hopefully, it won't change life too much. Posted By Sam Tendam
It is surprising that the earthquake changed the earth's tilt.Haiti had a big earthquake but it did not change the earth's tilt but Japan's earthquake did.It would be like the earth messed up the flow of time.
I think it is such a big event how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter by a milasecond, and moved the continents. japan moved 8ft this is huge compared to the 1 in plate movement per year. I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami.
i think its so weird our days are shorter now because of the earth tilting on its axis. it is so cool that a eathquake can move the whole earth.i didn't know that the tilt can affect other planets too. also, it moved the earth 6.5 inches.
I never thought a tsunami would shift the earths tilt. That's insane! I didn't even realize that the days were shorter. What I wanna know is, is it temporary or will it be like this forever?
Yeah, I thought it was amazing that the earthquake from Japan shifted the whole Earth and tilted the axis, which gave us shorter days, and moved some continents. I didn't really...presume that all this would all happen, but it's rather cool. Well...besides all the tradgedies and stuff but yeah. I wonder if it'll go back to the way it was or if it will stay the same.
I think that that is crazy how the earthquake cause the earths axis to shift and shorten the days.I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami.I wonder if the earth is just going to stay like this now?
Its the end of the world!!!!! AAAHHHHHH......this is crazy....from yellowstone to a tsunami in Japan causing the earth to shift and set the day back about 1.8 milla seconds or something like that-faster than you can blink basically.
I think it stinks that we have shorter but its only milisecond.I think its neat that japan moved 8 feet that would take roughly 96 years but it happen in one day. And i agree with madison what will happen to the earth now.
I never would've guessed that a tsunami and earthquake could change the tilt of the Earth. That's really amazing that it could shorten our days. I dont think the change in tilt will effect us very much. I know the tilt changed but by how much? I figure it was only by a small bit but im not sure.
I am very shocked by the fact that the Earths tilt changed all because of one Earthquake and a Tsunami. To me it is rather frighting, but at the same timev very interesting and cool. The Earth moved on its tilt by 6.5 inches, The day was also shortened by this amazing event by about 1.26 microseconds. It may not seem like alot, but to change the time of day that was actually a large amount of time. Overall this is really fascinating.
i hope it doesn't chane life that much to sam i totally agree. also what if it did i wonder what would happen to our daily lifes? hmmm? what's weird is that it could accauly happen! gosh i really hope everything stays the same.
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents.I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth? will the the earth always be there or will it go back in so many years that it out lives me. will it take another tsunami and another earthquake.
@Deborah, don't earthquakes occur because of plate tectonics or something? Either way did you ever think an earthquake & tsunami would change the earths tilt and move the earths axis 6.5 inches?! And 1.8 millionth of a second isn't a lot but it's still something! How do they know it changed though?
wow thats amazing that the earth moved 8 feet. i dont like how it changed the earths axis and made our days shorter that realy sucks. this is also getting us closer to pandigea the super continent.
I completely agree with you Madison, it is amazing that the tilt changed because of 1 earthquake. I also learned this happened in 1960 and the time changed by 8 seconds! This is really cool and scary but fascinating.
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter. That is pretty awesome how it moved continetnts. I also cant believe just this earthquake and tsunami have chaged the rotation of the earth. Atmospheric winds can be up to 500 times more powerful then the earthquake and tsunami and the atmospheric winds cause the earths rotation to change a lot. i didnt think this would happen just from one earthquake. Jordan harbour
I think that the fact that part of the world actually shifted is amzing and that the days are shorter and it moved the continents.I didnt know that a earthquake and a tsunami coould do thats many things to our earth. i would like to learn alot more about what also happened to the earth. hunter steimle
I'm some what not impressed that an earthquake could move something 13 ft. but, I'm impressed that it moved the tilt. I'm glad that there are many meters at japan to measure and record this earthquake closly.
the earthquake shifted the earth and changed the days to get shorter and i moved the continents. i dident think a earthquake could do that. taylor roberts
I think its interesting that the earth's tilt was shifted just by an earthquake.I can't believe that the earth tilt changed the days are shorter, and it moved the cntinents.
It's amazing that an earthquak could have move japan eight feet but also move the earth's tilt so the days got shorter by a milisecond. I know the earthquak was very big but I didn;t think that it could move japan eight feet and the earth's axis was moved so the days got shorter by a milisecond. This earthquak was a lot biggger than i thought it was.
My thoughts on the earthquake and tsunami insidant in Japan was a real tragity but I found interesting on how the earth was shortend by 1.26 seconds. Also oon how the Earth axis has changed also. Alex Richmond
I think it is neat how the earthquake in Japan shifted the Earth. By, the earth changing it's axis it makes our days shorter and moved the continents. How is the tilt of the earth different now? I really didn't expect this to happen just from a massive earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth now then?
I didn't know that the days are shorter now. And I can't believe that the Japanese earthquake shifted the Earth. The Epicenter moved aproximately 13 feet! Amazing! I am kinda curious about the Earth's axis and what it now looks like. I don't think that this was expected, don't you? That's once again, amazing! And yet, nobody notices that the Earth's rotations change ALL THE TIME! I predict that the Earth will change again sometime in the near future.
I didn't know that an earthquake could shorten the days.even though the day length didn't change to much they are saying its a big deal because it changes how they travel to other planets.the earthquake will also effect space and how we get to space.
I think it is really crazy that the earths tilt can be chanced by an erthquake. I dod not realize that an earthquake that strong could change the tilt of the earth. Could the change of the tilt affect anyhting on the earth today? Could it change the direction of the earths gravitational pull or something else to do with earths pull? Could it affect us as humans at all or our living surroundings? What will it do to our days and nights?
I agree with Megan Sheridan: because I would've never thought an earthquake and a tsunami could be sooo strong. Also, I did think that his would eventually happen but its not just the earth thats making this stuff hapeen, its the people too.
I am amazed that the earthquake in Japan was so big that it made our days shorter but not by much. I also never thought that it was able to change the earths axis.
it is interesting that the earth's days are shortened by 1.26 microseconds.and shifted its axis by 6.5 inches. i wonder if that will mess with the earth later on in life. i also wonder if we will get 1.26 microseconds back.
I think it's kind of weird how the earth's axis moved. And it was because of the really powerful earth quake in Japan. I never knew that, that could cause the earth's axis to move. Now our days are shorter. I didn't even notice. It's also weird how Japan is now bigger. It's about 13 feet wider I think? If this keeps happening, there will be mountains forming in Japan.
Wow I didnt know that the Earths time changes all the time, I cant believe that almost anything can change the Earth's time and how it spins. It's amazing that the earthquake was so high on the rictor scale that it made Japan bigger.
I think that what happened is really unbelivable.it's amazing how a earthquake and a tsunami changed the earth's tilt.The gps stations moved 13 feet. Now Japan is wider than it was before.I'm wondering if something like this might ever happened again( which is a good possibilty) that something catastrophic might happen to the other living things on earth that could be dangerous or even fatal to us.Maybe if more and more earthquakes would happen, that maybe the earth might tilt so much that we would all be in danger.Maybe there is some way that we as human beings can do to help prevent this from happening again.I feel really bad for all those Japanise citizens that had to go through this and i feel proud that the United States Army and other countries are helping them cope with what happened....
This is crazy! How can something like an earthquake affect the whole earth? Has anything like this happened before? If the Chile earthquake did change the tilt also how can we prove it? This is quite amazing. Will the earth ever go back to it's normal tilt? How does the earthquake rearrange the mass of the earth? If this is a 9.0 earthquake, I can't imgine anything bigger, or worse than this. I think it is cool how the scientists can track this. I mean the worst part of the earthquake happened in the ocean...not on land. If this happened on land, would the effect be the same? Of course, the effect in Japan would be worse.
I think that it is cool that an event like that can have so much power to effect the earths tilt. But i think it could also be bad because if more big earthquakes like that happen the earth could completly change.Climates could change and places like africa could become as cold as antarctica, but that probably won't happen for a very long time
I think that it cool how earthquakes shifted the earth and it changed its axis. Also how it moved the continents. I was very shocked when I found this out because who would that a earthquake could shift the earth.
That is actually pretty cool how one earthquake actually changed the rotation earth and shortened the day by 1 millionth of a second. Not very much, but it is a very powerful earthquake to do that. I thought that the Earth rotated smoothly, but it actually wobbles as it rotates. I can't imagine what would happen if the earthquake was any stronger. Because of this earthquake, Japan is now a little bit bigger. Awesome!
That is so crazy how the GPS station moved 13 feet! Japan is also wider! It's crazy how a tsunami and earthquake can do this! Do you know how much wider Japan got? I'm still kind of confused how this could happen!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with Amber, what would happen to our days and nights if something like this ever happened again, and what would happen to our gravitational pull??? would it affect our seasons??
I think its pretty amazing that an earthquake could shift the whole Earth, change the Earth's axis and make our days shorter. PLus it moved the continents. I did't think a tsunami and earthquake could shift the earth 6.5 inches, it just never occured to me that a storm could do this. There was a another earthquake that was simaler to this one only it was the largest earthquake. It occured in Chile in 1960, it changed the length of the day by 8 micro-seconds. Now that the earth is tilted, what will happen? Will anything else change?
Well i think that the earth could change but not for a long time. and only if earthquakes like this happen. What Do you think will happen to the earth?
The massive 9.0 earthquake shortend the day light hour by less than a second. The earthquake shook the earth so hard it went out of its regular rotation. Its nothing big but it is kind of interesting to see the that such a bigg thing only effected the earth so little. If you wanted the earth to switch Rotation a lot you would have to get a bigger mass and force.
That earthquake changed the tilt on the earth and it moved time back just a wee bit, and my thoughts are that this whole earthquake thing is awesome to learn about i love learning bout earthquakes and like i ain't saying that the earthquake is good i am just saying that it is fun to learn about cause it is very very intresting.
its so cool how the earthquake and a tsunami shifted the earth and it changed the earths axis so days are shorter now plus it moved the contenents. what degree is the earths tilt now though? i never would expect this to happen to the earth from a earthquake and tsunami. what will happen to the earth? will it go back to the same way it always was or will it stay like this?
I agree! I thought the earth rotated smoothly also and it is shocking to find out it wobbles! Did the earthquake increase it's "wobbling" or did the way it rotates always stay the same? I think it would be cool if we sent a video camera into space and recorded the earth spinning and then we could observe it!
I think that it is really cool how Earthquakes can shift the whole entire earth.It also cahnged the Earths axis and it mad ethe days on Earth shoter and some of the continets moved.I wonderif the Earthqueake in Tsunami happens to have anything to do with the Earths Tilt??? Will the earths axis stay like this forever???
@ Jenna Duebber It is pretty crazy that the earthquake caused all this to happen. I think it may have happened before because The earth is already on a tilt and there probably have been stronger earthquakes.
I cannot believe that arthquake in Japan was able to shift the earth's axis and sourt of change time by making our days shorter what if there is another earthquake and it's a 9.8 or 9.9 or even a 10 how much would the earth shift and how much shorter would our days be. Also how many lives would be lost.
Mt dad told me about this and how it changed the plates alot. I had no idea that it could change the days of the year though, it shortened the days by 1.26 microseconds! I dont understand how it could quite do that still. Also the axis was shifted by 6.5inches! this is so surprising.
@Kylie Hayes I agree i had no idea that an earthquake could cause all of this disaster, this only makes me question what will happen next? will it get worse than this?
That is sweet that it moved the whole planet because of a 8.9 eathquake. I wonder what will happen to Japan and the earth if it some how chaged our planet by a tsunami and an earthquake.
I think it is crazy how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. What is the tilt of the earth now then? I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth now, will it just stay like this or will it go back to how it used to be?
That is so weird that an eathrquake could do something like that. I mean serious it made our days shorter and moved some of the continets. I never thought thatour axis could move by an earthquake. What is the angle of the axis now? Will our days resume the same length if not what will happen same thing about the angle.
Thats crazy how the Earths time is shortened by alittle bit now, because of the 9.0 earthquake in Japan. The earthquake shifted the Earths axis bt 6.5 inches. The scientists gps moved almost 13 feet.
I think that this is amazing and very shocking. Only because it moved the continents, melting the ice off of Greenland, it changed the axis and now the earth rotates out of balance. It's amazing how one earthquake can cause so much devastation.
it moved the axis and it made the days shorter and moved the continents.I am still woried about the people in japan it was so unexpected with the earthquake and the tsunami.
@ Dylan Buis I agree with you about how it is strange and all. I also asked the some question aboutwhat the earth's tilt is now. I wonder if the tilt will go back to normal.
I agree with calab even though it didn`t change the days that much going to other planets will change alot. I mean they got to redo all the grids and timeing just to land on a planet.
I cant beleive an earthquake can make Earths axis move 6.5 inches. I wonder if another one that is bigger wouldd be able to change it by a whole minute. Japan even moved 13 feet! I wonder if the tilt will ever recover.
this is crazy!! I mean the earths axis changing. what more does the earth need. But if the whole earth "shook" then how come the people in the united state didn't feel anything. this is not cool i tell younot cool at all
AT NASA there is a change in the rotation of the earth of about 1.00008 seconds. How does this affect our planet? I think that it is was so encredible that this will probably never go back the way it was and may happen again the future. How weird that the earthquake was so strong that it shifted pretty much everything.
My thoughts about about are not really that big of this movement but if I was a spacecraft manager at NASA i would be excited. This is big moment for history in science but to the outside world I don't think it will have an effect on us in our lifetime.
It is amazing I never knew how much the earthquake affected the whole world. It really suprised me how much it tilted the Earth[almost 6 in.]. My question is well it be better for the earth or well it destroy it faster. Could it speed up global warming, could it affect the climet or could it be harmless. I wonder if the earthquaks well just keep getting worse.
i think this is weird how aearthquake can change the whole earths axis and i wnder how it could have moved 6.5 inches .but i wonder if earth will stay like this or will it go back the way it used to be or will it go back to the way it used to be
@ Madison Schnell I think that it was amazing how it shortned the day. Also to answer your question if the earth will stay the same I think that this will happen in the future again but a stronger. I don't think that the earth will ever go back the way it was before.
I think that it is cool how an earthquake couuld move earth by 6.5in. It did not effect the length of day noticeably at all. I wonder if over the course of many years, the earth could have 25hours in one day.
Madison Schnell- I didnt know that just one earth quake could effect the whole world. this is not right i still wonder how come we didnt feel anything sense we the earths axis move and days got shortern what would the farmers think after we just had a daylight savings creepy how the earth works now isnt
I never would have thought that the whole earth would be effected by an earthquake and tsunami. I could never imagine that happening here. What all those poor helpless people are going through is scary to realize that what happened there can also happen here. Hopefully this will be a lesson and a wake up call for the scientists that made these nuclear power plants. -Kaleigh McCarthy
Since the earthquake was the largest in Earth's recorded history, I guess it makes sense that it would slightly affect the whole earth. I didn't think the Earth would move as much as 6.5 inches, though. It's amazing and devastating what an earthquake and tsunami can do.
I don't really like the idea that the day shortened because in the future it might get even shorter And when you want to travel to another country the plane rides will be longer, and how about in the future like 20 years later and the continents move even more, a trip to another country will take forever than it does now and it is long
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. I think that it is really neat how it happened,but i just wonder if the earth is just going to stay like this now. David Meiners
I don't know who Mrs. Martz is, or where she teaches, but I hope that by now she has had her teaching license taken away. She should be ashamed for teaching such patently false things to impressionable children and passing it off as "science". For an adult, and an authority figure, to teach this is reprehensible. To the children's credit, there were quite a few who were thinking for themselves and had trouble believing that it would be possible for one earthquake and a tsunami to change the earth's tilt. Maybe Mrs. Martz would do better to teach them proper grammar and spelling, although she seems to have trouble with that herself. It's no wonder that education in the USA is in such a sorry state, if teachers such as this are allowed to influence the minds of our children.
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I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. What is the tilt of the earth now then? I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth now, will it just stay like this or will it go back to how it used to be?
I think thats crazy the an earthquake could do something that big. I wonder how it made the earth to shift 6.5 inches.
~Daniel O'Hearn~
I think its interesting that the earth changed but its not a huge change. Its more like 1000ths of a second.
I didn;t realize that a tsunami and the earthquake would be strong enough to tilt the earth more and give us shorter days. I think that it is really neat how it happened,but i just wonder if the earth is just going to stay like this now. ?
Its crazy how the earthquake shifted the earth and it changed earth's axis. It made our days shorter and moved all the continents . I didnt think all of this would happen jsut from an earthquake and a tsunami.
-Lexy,(:
japan is wider than it was before. the earthquake changed the rotation of the earth by 1.8 millionths of a second. changes in the atmosphere and glaceirs can effect the earths rotation. although 1.8 millionths of a second isnt that much i think that it still has an effect on earth. anything that moves mass around can effect the earths rotation, but it has to be a lot of mass. the earthquake changed the balance of the earth just like a glacier would and thats what changed the rotation.
YAHANZ VELASQUEZ
Tommy i think its very interesting to and your right its not that big of a change.
~Daniel O'Hearn~
i think it is awesome that the earths axis is rotating this colud be shifted or that the gps systems are out of whack and that they are off by some places 13 feet. also i did not exspect the axis to be tilted from just an earth quake
I think that that is crazy how the earthquake cause the earths axis to shift and shorten the days. The gps stations moved and one moved 13 feet. Now Japan is wider than it was before. The earths rotation changes all the time but with the affect of the earthquake the rotation can be changed 500 times greater. To me this all seems kind of weird because an earthwuake led to many aftershocks and even our rotation to be changed. Now because out earth has changed, they will have to think about where landing rovers and satilites on other planets so they can get them back if the earth moves. This is all very interesting to me and i hope i can learn more about it.
It was interesting to here that any changes in the atmosphere, for example melting glaciers can change the tilt. This is good that we know this beccause the tilt can affect things including launching satellites and other things to other planets. what surprised me is that the earthquake widened japan as well as shortened the day and shifted its axis by 6.5 inches.
i agree with tommy cecil and that it isnt a big change, but i still think that has an effect.
YAHANZ VELASQUEZ
I think it is amazing that 1 earthquake and 1 tsunami could change the earths tilt and change the length of days. I also can not believe just this earthquake andtsunami have chaged the rotation of the earth. Atmospheric winds can be up to 500 times more powerful then the earthquake and tsunami and the atmospheric winds cause the earths rotation to change a lot. Little tectonic events like earthquakes is what cause mountains to fourm. The largest earthquake recorded was in 1960 in Chili.
Ethan Mercurio
Its realy awsome that the earth shifted its axis by 6.5 inches and shortend the day by 1.26 microseconds. Its cool that japan got wider. Its kida crepy that some gps staiions moved 13 inches.
I wonder how much it will change next time it happens. I hope the ice wont effect the earth rotation.
by ted young
I think that it is kind of weird that an earthquake could change the legnth of the day, or the amount of land on a country. Although the time change was under half a second, it is still a new concept that I have ever heard of and at the beginning I htought that it was scarry but then I relized that it was only the tiniest bit. However, I didn't fully understand. Is the change forever or was it just for that day?
Madison i agree with you. I think it is amazing hat an earthquake can affect the earth this much. And Madison, i believe the earth will stay like this now until another natural disaster changes the earth.
i think it is pretty scary that the earth's axis changed from one earthquake. I am wondering that if the earth continues to do this what would happen to us. How and why do these huge earthquakes occur? They said that it make Japan a little bit wider, how? They also said that from global warming the ice in greenland is melting which leads to the oceans which can also change the earth's rotation. I think thats pretty scray too.
the 9.0 earthquake in japan shifted the earth tilt shorting the earths day by just a little bit.the quake made japan wider now.it moved every continent as well and caused a tsunami in japan.no one expected for this earthquake and tsunami to cause so much damage.
Adam Lyons
I agree with Megan Sheridian,
i didnt know that a tsunimi or an earthquake could cause such a big change. I think this is really cool learing about.
I think the earthquake was noteable, but not in a good way. It's obvious to think that something so devistating could change everyone's lifes, but you don't think about it affecting us this way, I mean, the earthquake changed the earth's tilt and length of our days!
Madison, I am wondering the same thing! The recording didn't really explain if it will be like this forever or if it is justr a temporary change.
Tommy your right it is onlty 1000th of a second.
by ted young
i agree with madison its amazing how one earth quake shifted the whole earth.
Adam Lyons
Now becuase of the earth qucke the days are shorter and the earths axis shifted 6.5 inches. And now japan is wider by 13 feet. i think it awsome that this could all happen. but will the earth stay like this now.
I think it is very amazing and intresting how an earthquake can shift the whole earth and its axis and caused our days to be shorter and the continents to move a small amount.I was wondering if there was more massive earthquakes which there probably would what would happen to the Earth? I think that eventually after many massive earthquakes will make the earth turn even more and the axis.Also what is the earths tilt now?
Sydney, I also thought that it was interesting that melting glaciers can affect the tilt of the earth.
The days are now shorter than before because of the tsunami. A scientist said that Japan is now wider than it was before. The days got shorter by 1.8 millionth of a second. The earth has shifted about 6.5 inches. The earth wobbles while it rotates, like an unballenced wheel on your car. Overtime all of these samll displacements make mountains and volcanoes. The largest earthquake that has been recorded was in 1960 in Chilie and this earthquake should have changed the length of the day by about 8 micro senconds. For most people these small changes aren't important to them as they are for JPL when they navigate space crafts. The level of the ocean can change the earths tilt also.
To think in the past 50 years, our days grew shorter by about a second. That right there is slow movement. But a GPS station moved 13 feet?! That's amazing but in Chile, if the station would be there during the earthquake, it problably would have been 50 feet or more! But because the axis shifted, wouldnt the seasons shift too? The climates may have shifted a tiny bit as well as the axis. I wonder if this will affect when the moon flies out of orbit? (Does anyone still remember tat little factoid in Earth in Space section?)
i think that just that big earth quake could cause the axis to change it positions and there has been bigger ones such as the one in 1960 in chili and changed 18 sec.and that it shifted and made the days shorter.
Ii agree with tommy. The time change is only 1000th of a second something that we dont even rellize. but later on it could be a bigger issue.
I agree with Adam I don't think anyone thought this earthquake and tsunami could cause this much damage.
That is cool how the earthquake changed the time of day by 1.8 microseconds and how the station moved 13'.So now japan is wider than it was before.I thought earthquakes were just plates moving not earth tilt changers
the earthquake in japan tilted the earth's axis making our days a little bit shorter.it in fact got shorter by 1.8 millionths of a second. now that doesnt seem like much but its enough for scientists to notice. most of the time, the length of the day changes from atmospheric winds. the affects o9f the wind can be 500 times more affective than the earthquakes. the change in the day length affects how scientists navitgate spacecraft. anything that moves mass around affects the change in rotation. it has to be a large mass movement foer something dramatic to happen. all of these things happening from earthquakes will eventually cause mountains to form. for japan, there are earthquakes there all the time. within that ring of fire scientists having been gathering all kinds of research.
@ Madison:
I was thinking the same thing as you about the earths tilt.Also do you think that there will be more massive earthquakes that change the earths tilt like the one that happened in Japan?
George its not just the Tsunami, it was also the 9.0 earthquake too! I just wish that we could forsee the Tsunami and the 9.0 earthquake, to get the whole country safely away from the wreckage. Mabey we will be able to find out ahead of time in the future for other deadly earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes
I didnt know earthquakes can be strong enough to tilt the earrths axis. and made the days get shorter by .millonth of a sec or somthing. In some parts of Japan it moved 13ft causeing gps to be inaccurate.
Brendan McWilliams
I agree with daniel that is crazy how it dose things
I cant believe that the earths axis moved even though it was a extremely small amount. I never would have guessed that an earthquake could be that powerful.
@ abby jaspers:
it is crazy how the earthquake, in fact anything that moves mass around can change our rotation and shorten our days. but it wasnt the affects of the earthquake that could 500 times greater its the atmospheric winds.
i think it is so cool how a earthquake shifted the earths axis and made the days into 24 hours.it also moved the continents.i wonder if the earth is going to stay with shorter days
I agree with evan i think that it is cool that japan got wider.
I agree with madison's questions, what will happen to the earth?
@ Sydney&Alexandra;
Sydney, I was thinking that too, that the earth will probably stay like this until another natural disaster happens, or the earth might go back to how it was over time. They didnt say anything about it thought in the audio clip.
Alexadra, what do you think about the earth moving, and if it will change again back to how it used to be?
Tommy I think 13ft is a big change all because it happened with-in few days.
Brendan McWilliams
I also agree with madison i wonder if the earth will ever go back to how it used to be.
@ Rachel;
I think there will be more massive earthquakes that change the earths tilt, but not for a while. I think it wouldnt be that good if another massive earthquake happens and changes the earths tilt even more. Also, the techtonic plates probably will cause another earthquake in a while, but probably not in Japan(we hope not)
That is really amazing that an earthquake had that much power, to change the earths tilt. I wonder if that will effect us anyway. I
t is really hard to believe that it could also make the days shorter.
I agree with sydney. I think that the earth will stay the same until something else major happens, but even if something else comes could it effect the earths tilt more or would it go back to normal?
I think that that is crazy how the earthquake cause the earths axis to shift and shorten the days. The gps stations moved and one moved 13 feet. Now Japan is wider than it was before. The earths rotation changes all the time but with the affect of the earthquake the rotation can be changed 500 times greater. To me this all seems kind of weird because an earthwuake led to many aftershocks and even our rotation to be changed. Now because out earth has changed, they will have to think about where landing rovers and satilites on other planets so they can get them back if the earth moves. This is all very interesting to me and i hope i can learn more about it.
I didn't realize that a tsunami and the earthquake would be strong enough to tilt the earth more and give us shorter days.It was interesting to here that any changes in the atmosphere can change the tilt. This is good that we know this because the tilt can affect things including launching satellites and other things to other planets.and it's pretty scary that the earth's axis changed from one earthquake. I am wondering that if the earth continues to do this what would happen to us?
madison i agree with you that is amazing. It must of also bee scary! Does anyone else think it would be scary?
@megan sheridan
i didnt know that a tsunimi or an earthquake could cause such a big change. I think this is really cool learing about.
@madison schnell
I agree that its amazing how one earth quake shifted the whole earth.
I think that it's amazing that the earthquake canged the tilt of the earth and made our days slightly shorter. I thought that it only changed things for Japan.
Ithink it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. I wonder what the tilt is now is it more or less tilted? I hopee that the eart will go back to its original axis but it will take some time.
I can't believe an earthquake in one area could change the earth's tilt. It changed the rotation of the earth, which made days shorter. If a 9.0 earthquake could do this, I don't want to know what a 9.5 or higher could do. I heard that it messed up GPS devices. It also moved the continents. Hopefully, it won't change life too much.
Posted By Sam Tendam
I agree with Megan because I also wonder if it will stay like this.
It is surprising that the earthquake changed the earth's tilt.Haiti had a big earthquake but it did not change the earth's tilt but Japan's earthquake did.It would be like the earth messed up the flow of time.
I think it is such a big event how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter by a milasecond, and moved the continents. japan moved 8ft this is huge compared to the 1 in plate movement per year. I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami.
i think its so weird our days are shorter now because of the earth tilting on its axis. it is so cool that a eathquake can move the whole earth.i didn't know that the tilt can affect other planets too. also, it moved the earth 6.5 inches.
I never thought a tsunami would shift the earths tilt. That's insane! I didn't even realize that the days were shorter. What I wanna know is, is it temporary or will it be like this forever?
-Corissa Sturm,(:
i agree with you daniel o'hearn that the earthquake did something that big it moved japan 8ft.
I agree with Madison Schnell.It feels like the earth messed up the flow of time with shorter days.
Yeah, I thought it was amazing that the earthquake from Japan shifted the whole Earth and tilted the axis, which gave us shorter days, and moved some continents. I didn't really...presume that all this would all happen, but it's rather cool. Well...besides all the tradgedies and stuff but yeah. I wonder if it'll go back to the way it was or if it will stay the same.
I think that that is crazy how the earthquake cause the earths axis to shift and shorten the days.I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami.I wonder if the earth is just going to stay like this now?
~Kailey Carter~
Its the end of the world!!!!! AAAHHHHHH......this is crazy....from yellowstone to a tsunami in Japan causing the earth to shift and set the day back about 1.8 milla seconds or something like that-faster than you can blink basically.
I think it stinks that we have shorter but its only milisecond.I think its neat that japan moved 8 feet that would take roughly 96 years but it happen in one day. And i agree with madison what will happen to the earth now.
I agree with you tommy.Its veary ineresting that we lost time by 1000ths of a second.
I agree with you, Tommy. It is interesting to see the earth change even thought it only changed a little bit.
I never would've guessed that a tsunami and earthquake could change the tilt of the Earth. That's really amazing that it could shorten our days. I dont think the change in tilt will effect us very much. I know the tilt changed but by how much? I figure it was only by a small bit but im not sure.
I am very shocked by the fact that the Earths tilt changed all because of one Earthquake and a Tsunami. To me it is rather frighting, but at the same timev very interesting and cool. The Earth moved on its tilt by 6.5 inches, The day was also shortened by this amazing event by about 1.26 microseconds. It may not seem like alot, but to change the time of day that was actually a large amount of time. Overall this is really fascinating.
- Michael Van Schoik
i hope it doesn't chane life that much to sam i totally agree. also what if it did i wonder what would happen to our daily lifes? hmmm? what's weird is that it could accauly happen! gosh i really hope everything stays the same.
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents.I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth? will the the earth always be there or will it go back in so many years that it out lives me. will it take another tsunami and another earthquake.
chase pearson
@ Ted Young:
Let's hope this doesn't happen again. I don't really think creepy is the way to describe the GPS stations moving 13 ft.
Sam Tendam
@Deborah, don't earthquakes occur because of plate tectonics or something? Either way did you ever think an earthquake & tsunami would change the earths tilt and move the earths axis 6.5 inches?! And 1.8 millionth of a second isn't a lot but it's still something! How do they know it changed though?
-Corissa Sturm
wow thats amazing that the earth moved 8 feet. i dont like how it changed the earths axis and made our days shorter that realy sucks. this is also getting us closer to pandigea the super continent.
jrmiller
Tommy;
Did the tilt really only shorten our days by 1000th of a second? if so, i dont think this is going to effect us.
I completely agree with you Madison, it is amazing that the tilt changed because of 1 earthquake. I also learned this happened in 1960 and the time changed by 8 seconds! This is really cool and scary but fascinating.
- Michael Van Schoik
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter. That is pretty awesome how it moved continetnts. I also cant believe just this earthquake and tsunami have chaged the rotation of the earth. Atmospheric winds can be up to 500 times more powerful then the earthquake and tsunami and the atmospheric winds cause the earths rotation to change a lot. i didnt think this would happen just from one earthquake.
Jordan harbour
I wonder to madison if the earth will stay the way it is or go back to it used to
Jordan harbour
i agree with madison that this is amazing that it did all these things to the whole world it is truly crazy how japan moved 8 ft also
chase pearson
I think that the fact that part of the world actually shifted is amzing and that the days are shorter and it moved the continents.I didnt know that a earthquake and a tsunami coould do thats many things to our earth. i would like to learn alot more about what also happened to the earth.
hunter steimle
I'm some what not impressed that an earthquake could move something 13 ft. but, I'm impressed that it moved the tilt. I'm glad that there are many meters at japan to measure and record this earthquake closly.
@tommy I agree with you I don't think it's a giant change either.
i agree with chase,
will this all stay the same?Will it change even more? will it take another tsunami and an earthquake ? well we will find out.
hunter steimle
i think it very intresting that the moon was close and that the sunami and earthquake can acutlly change it
christian bond
the earthquake shifted the earth and changed the days to get shorter and i moved the continents. i dident think a earthquake could do that.
taylor roberts
i agree wit daniel o hearn it is wacky
I think its interesting that the earth's tilt was shifted just by an earthquake.I can't believe that the earth tilt changed the days are shorter, and it moved the cntinents.
It's amazing that an earthquak could have move japan eight feet but also move the earth's tilt so the days got shorter by a milisecond. I know the earthquak was very big but I didn;t think that it could move japan eight feet and the earth's axis was moved so the days got shorter by a milisecond. This earthquak was a lot biggger than i thought it was.
My thoughts on the earthquake and tsunami insidant in Japan was a real tragity but I found interesting on how the earth was shortend by 1.26 seconds. Also oon how the Earth axis has changed also.
Alex Richmond
I think it is neat how the earthquake in Japan shifted the Earth. By, the earth changing it's axis it makes our days shorter and moved the continents. How is the tilt of the earth different now? I really didn't expect this to happen just from a massive earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth now then?
I didn't know that the days are shorter now. And I can't believe that the Japanese earthquake shifted the Earth. The Epicenter moved aproximately 13 feet! Amazing! I am kinda curious about the Earth's axis and what it now looks like. I don't think that this was expected, don't you? That's once again, amazing! And yet, nobody notices that the Earth's rotations change ALL THE TIME! I predict that the Earth will change again sometime in the near future.
I didn't know that an earthquake could shorten the days.even though the day length didn't change to much they are saying its a big deal because it changes how they travel to other planets.the earthquake will also effect space and how we get to space.
I think it is really crazy that the earths tilt can be chanced by an erthquake. I dod not realize that an earthquake that strong could change the tilt of the earth. Could the change of the tilt affect anyhting on the earth today? Could it change the direction of the earths gravitational pull or something else to do with earths pull? Could it affect us as humans at all or our living surroundings? What will it do to our days and nights?
To Tommy Cecil:
How is this change not a big change? What do you mean by 1000s of a second?
I agree with Megan Sheridan: because I would've never thought an earthquake and a tsunami could be sooo strong. Also, I did think that his would eventually happen but its not just the earth thats making this stuff hapeen, its the people too.
I am amazed that the earthquake in Japan was so big that it made our days shorter but not by much. I also never thought that it was able to change the earths axis.
it is interesting that the earth's days are shortened by 1.26 microseconds.and shifted its axis by 6.5 inches. i wonder if that will mess with the earth later on in life. i also wonder if we will get 1.26 microseconds back.
I think it's kind of weird how the earth's axis moved. And it was because of the really powerful earth quake in Japan. I never knew that, that could cause the earth's axis to move. Now our days are shorter. I didn't even notice. It's also weird how Japan is now bigger. It's about 13 feet wider I think? If this keeps happening, there will be mountains forming in Japan.
Wow I didnt know that the Earths time changes all the time, I cant believe that almost anything can change the Earth's time and how it spins. It's amazing that the earthquake was so high on the rictor scale that it made Japan bigger.
-Dylan Humbert
I think that what happened is really unbelivable.it's amazing how a earthquake and a tsunami changed the earth's tilt.The gps stations moved 13 feet. Now Japan is wider than it was before.I'm wondering if something like this might ever happened again( which is a good possibilty)
that something catastrophic might happen to the other living things on earth that could be dangerous or even fatal to us.Maybe if more and more earthquakes would happen, that maybe the earth might tilt so much that we would all be in danger.Maybe there is some way that we as human beings can do to help prevent this from happening again.I feel really bad for all those Japanise citizens that had to go through this and i feel proud that the United States Army and other countries are helping them cope with what happened....
That really is a good question Madison I would be very intrested to find the anwser to your question.
-Dylan Humbert
This is crazy! How can something like an earthquake affect the whole earth? Has anything like this happened before? If the Chile earthquake did change the tilt also how can we prove it? This is quite amazing. Will the earth ever go back to it's normal tilt? How does the earthquake rearrange the mass of the earth? If this is a 9.0 earthquake, I can't imgine anything bigger, or worse than this. I think it is cool how the scientists can track this. I mean the worst part of the earthquake happened in the ocean...not on land. If this happened on land, would the effect be the same? Of course, the effect in Japan would be worse.
I think that it is cool that an event like that can have so much power to effect the earths tilt. But i think it could also be bad because if more big earthquakes like that happen the earth could completly change.Climates could change and places like africa could become as cold as antarctica, but that probably won't happen for a very long time
Ryan Bussard
I think that it cool how earthquakes shifted the earth and it changed its axis. Also how it moved the continents. I was very shocked when I found this out because who would that a earthquake could shift the earth.
That is actually pretty cool how one earthquake actually changed the rotation earth and shortened the day by 1 millionth of a second. Not very much, but it is a very powerful earthquake to do that. I thought that the Earth rotated smoothly, but it actually wobbles as it rotates. I can't imagine what would happen if the earthquake was any stronger. Because of this earthquake, Japan is now a little bit bigger. Awesome!
@ Zoey Bass:
That is so crazy how the GPS station moved 13 feet! Japan is also wider! It's crazy how a tsunami and earthquake can do this! Do you know how much wider Japan got? I'm still kind of confused how this could happen!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Tommy you are right that it doesnt have a great chance of happening. Its like 10000 O a second.
I agree with Amber, what would happen to our days and nights if something like this ever happened again, and what would happen to our gravitational pull??? would it affect our seasons??
I think its pretty amazing that an earthquake could shift the whole Earth, change the Earth's axis and make our days shorter. PLus it moved the continents. I did't think a tsunami and earthquake could shift the earth 6.5 inches, it just never occured to me that a storm could do this. There was a another earthquake that was simaler to this one only it was the largest earthquake. It occured in Chile in 1960, it changed the length of the day by 8 micro-seconds. Now that the earth is tilted, what will happen? Will anything else change?
To: Madison Schnell
Well i think that the earth could change but not for a long time. and only if earthquakes like this happen. What Do you think will happen to the earth?
Ryan Bussard
The massive 9.0 earthquake shortend the day light hour by less than a second. The earthquake shook the earth so hard it went out of its regular rotation. Its nothing big but it is kind of interesting to see the that such a bigg thing only effected the earth so little. If you wanted the earth to switch Rotation a lot you would have to get a bigger mass and force.
~Charles P Freudemann~
That earthquake changed the tilt on the earth and it moved time back just a wee bit, and my thoughts are that this whole earthquake thing is awesome to learn about i love learning bout earthquakes and like i ain't saying that the earthquake is good i am just saying that it is fun to learn about cause it is very very intresting.
~Kristin Murphy (:
its so cool how the earthquake and a tsunami shifted the earth and it changed the earths axis so days are shorter now plus it moved the contenents. what degree is the earths tilt now though? i never would expect this to happen to the earth from a earthquake and tsunami. what will happen to the earth? will it go back to the same way it always was or will it stay like this?
carlie keene
@ Madison (:
i agree with you it is very amazing how it shifted the WHOLE earth and made the day shorter.
~Kristin Murphy (:
@ Xavier Frisch:
I agree! I thought the earth rotated smoothly also and it is shocking to find out it wobbles! Did the earthquake increase it's "wobbling" or did the way it rotates always stay the same? I think it would be cool if we sent a video camera into space and recorded the earth spinning and then we could observe it!
I think that it is really cool how Earthquakes can shift the whole entire earth.It also cahnged the Earths axis and it mad ethe days on Earth shoter and some of the continets moved.I wonderif the Earthqueake in Tsunami happens to have anything to do with the Earths Tilt??? Will the earths axis stay like this forever???
@ Jenna Duebber
It is pretty crazy that the earthquake caused all this to happen. I think it may have happened before because The earth is already on a tilt and there probably have been stronger earthquakes.
I thought it was cool how the plate moved 6 and a half inches. Also I think it's strange how a melting glesure can afect it.
by: Gillian Melugin
I cannot believe that arthquake in Japan was able to shift the earth's axis and sourt of change time by making our days shorter what if there is another earthquake and it's a 9.8 or 9.9 or even a 10 how much would the earth shift and how much shorter would our days be. Also how many lives would be lost.
Mt dad told me about this and how it changed the plates alot. I had no idea that it could change the days of the year though, it shortened the days by 1.26 microseconds! I dont understand how it could quite do that still. Also the axis was shifted by 6.5inches! this is so surprising.
@Kylie Hayes
I agree i had no idea that an earthquake could cause all of this disaster, this only makes me question what will happen next? will it get worse than this?
i agree with you Caleb Huston. they do think its a big deal. unless it is going to hurt us bad than why worry.
That is sweet that it moved the whole planet because of a 8.9 eathquake. I wonder what will happen to Japan and the earth if it some how chaged our planet by a tsunami and an earthquake.
Kristan Dalton
Wow i didn`t know that would change the earths tilt it now makes are days shorter man i need some SLEEP. But at least it only changed 6.5 inches
I think it is crazy how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. What is the tilt of the earth now then? I didn't expect this to happen to the earth just from an earthquake and tsunami. What will happen to the earth now, will it just stay like this or will it go back to how it used to be?
That is so weird that an eathrquake could do something like that. I mean serious it made our days shorter and moved some of the continets. I never thought thatour axis could move by an earthquake. What is the angle of the axis now? Will our days resume the same length if not what will happen same thing about the angle.
I think its insane that the earthquake in Japan could do something that big. The thing I wonder how it made the earth 6.5 inches.
Thats crazy how the Earths time is shortened by alittle bit now, because of the 9.0 earthquake in Japan. The earthquake shifted the Earths axis bt 6.5 inches. The scientists gps moved almost 13 feet.
I think that this is amazing and very shocking. Only because it moved the continents, melting the ice off of Greenland, it changed the axis and now the earth rotates out of balance. It's amazing how one earthquake can cause so much devastation.
@ Austin Tilford
I agree it is amazing how this has happened with just an earthquake.
I agree with Daniel O'Hern about wondering how the earth shifted 6.5 inches because of the earthquake.
it moved the axis and it made the days shorter and moved the continents.I am still woried about the people in japan it was so unexpected with the earthquake and the tsunami.
i think its amazing how one earthquake and tsunami changed the earth's titlt. it was 9.0!!!!! wow big quake!!
~Beth~
@ Dylan Buis
I agree with you about how it is strange and all. I also asked the some question aboutwhat the earth's tilt is now. I wonder if the tilt will go back to normal.
I agree with calab even though it didn`t change the days that much going to other planets will change alot. I mean they got to redo all the grids and timeing just to land on a planet.
madison schnell,
i agree with you because i wonder to of how it will change the earth.
kristan dalton
I cant beleive an earthquake can make Earths axis move 6.5 inches. I wonder if another one that is bigger wouldd be able to change it by a whole minute. Japan even moved 13 feet! I wonder if the tilt will ever recover.
this is crazy!! I mean the earths axis changing. what more does the earth need. But if the whole earth "shook" then how come the people in the united state didn't feel anything. this is not cool i tell younot cool at all
AT NASA there is a change in the rotation of the earth of about 1.00008 seconds. How does this affect our planet? I think that it is was so encredible that this will probably never go back the way it was and may happen again the future. How weird that the earthquake was so strong that it shifted pretty much everything.
My thoughts about about are not really that big of this movement but if I was a spacecraft manager at NASA i would be excited. This is big moment for history in science but to the outside world I don't think it will have an effect on us in our lifetime.
@ Andrew Freeman
I agree and if it could move Earths tilt why couldnt we feel the quake?
i agree with tommy. its interesting that it changed but its not a huge change.
It is amazing I never knew how much the earthquake affected the whole world. It really suprised me how much it tilted the Earth[almost 6 in.]. My question is well it be better for the earth or well it destroy it faster. Could it speed up global warming, could it affect the climet or could it be harmless. I wonder if the earthquaks well just keep getting worse.
ha millah i totaly agree haha
~Beth~
i think this is weird how aearthquake can change the whole earths axis and i wnder how it could have moved 6.5 inches .but i wonder if earth will stay like this or will it go back the way it used to be or will it go back to the way it used to be
@ Madison Schnell
I think that it was amazing how it shortned the day. Also to answer your question if the earth will stay the same I think that this will happen in the future again but a stronger. I don't think that the earth will ever go back the way it was before.
I think that it is cool how an earthquake couuld move earth by 6.5in. It did not effect the length of day noticeably at all. I wonder if over the course of many years, the earth could have 25hours in one day.
Madison Schnell- I didnt know that just one earth quake could effect the whole world. this is not right i still wonder how come we didnt feel anything sense we the earths axis move and days got shortern what would the farmers think after we just had a daylight savings creepy how the earth works now isnt
I never would have thought that the whole earth would be effected by an earthquake and tsunami. I could never imagine that happening here. What all those poor helpless people are going through is scary to realize that what happened there can also happen here. Hopefully this will be a lesson and a wake up call for the scientists that made these nuclear power plants.
-Kaleigh McCarthy
Since the earthquake was the largest in Earth's recorded history, I guess it makes sense that it would slightly affect the whole earth. I didn't think the Earth would move as much as 6.5 inches, though. It's amazing and devastating what an earthquake and tsunami can do.
I agree with Tommy. I think it interesting that it changed, even though not by much. I also think it will eventually make a difference
I don't really like the idea that the day shortened because in the future it might get even shorter And when you want to travel to another country the plane rides will be longer, and how about in the future like 20 years later and the continents move even more, a trip to another country will take forever than it does now and it is long
i agree with zoey because i also think it is unbilevable what happend in the tsunami
To: Kristan Dalton
Im also wondering what is going to happen to Japan because of all the damage.
-Kaleigh McCarthy
I think it is amazing how the earthquake shifted the whole earth and it changed the earths axis and it made our days shorter, and moved the continents. I think that it is really neat how it happened,but i just wonder if the earth is just going to stay like this now.
David Meiners
I agree with pretty much everybody its crazy that just one earthquake could move the entire earth.
I think it is very interesting that an earthquake and tsunami could change the time of the earth it's fascinating and interesting
I agree with Daniel Ohearn it is crazy that an earthquake and tsunami could change somthis so dramasticly..... THE WHOLE EARTH!!!!!!
I think it is pretty amazing that an earthquake did that much damage imagine if it was a 10 on the rictor scale what would happen to the earth then.
I agree with Yahanz it may have only been a little bit of change in time but it still effects the earth.
I don't know who Mrs. Martz is, or where she teaches, but I hope that by now she has had her teaching license taken away. She should be ashamed for teaching such patently false things to impressionable children and passing it off as "science". For an adult, and an authority figure, to teach this is reprehensible. To the children's credit, there were quite a few who were thinking for themselves and had trouble believing that it would be possible for one earthquake and a tsunami to change the earth's tilt. Maybe Mrs. Martz would do better to teach them proper grammar and spelling, although she seems to have trouble with that herself. It's no wonder that education in the USA is in such a sorry state, if teachers such as this are allowed to influence the minds of our children.
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