Keyword: Earthquakes
The Powerful Sumatra Andaman Islands Earthquake
1.03.2005
Earths San Andreas Fault
6.12.2000
1.03.2005
December's 9.0 earthquake has likely shortened Earth's day by about three microseconds and may also have tweaked Earth's rotational wobble. The megathrust earthquake occurred as the Indian tectonic plate slid further beneath the Burma tectonic plate.
Earths San Andreas Fault
6.12.2000
The Earth's surface is broken. Cracks in the Earth's crust known as faults can run for hundreds of kilometers. These faults are frequently the sites of major earthquakes as the tectonic plates that cover the surface of the Earth shift.
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