Japan:G.P.S. 8 feet off -Earth axis is tilted 4 inches more

[Mike O'Dell]

hmm - i suppose it's pointless noting that the average fossil-fueled
power plant has hydrogen fires with considerable regularity

     -mo


On 3/12/11 2:17 PM, Philip Miller Tate wrote:
> Yes, I'm trying to understand exactly what constitutes "moving four 
> inches on its axis". Do they mean "off axis"? Where exactly is the 
> measurement made? What does the pushing?
>
> Whatever the science, it's a terrible disaster. I have a close friend 
> whose family is in the Tokyo area, as well as another old friend who 
> lives out there. Plus, the nuclear reactor explosion is another nail 
> in the nuclear coffin, even if it turns out that no radioactive 
> material has been released. It's all some people here are talking 
> about, usually failing to distinguish radiation from radioactivity. 
> Even if all the safety systems worked, folks will still say "how close 
> they came to disaster."
>
> Phil M1GWZ
>
>
>
>
> On 12 Mar 2011, at 17:04, Louis Mamakos wrote:
>
>> Hmm... wouldn't this measurement make more sense expressed in 
>> arc-seconds?  Or did we jump 8 feet closer to the moon or something? 
>>  I'm pretty sure that I don't have to worry about spring coming any 
>> sooner, or have to adjust the polar alignment of my telescope mount 
>> in my observatory.
>>
>> louie
>> wa3ymh
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Mike O'Dell wrote:
>>
>>> Makes the phrase "there goes the neighborhood" take on a whole new 
>>> meaning.
>>>
>>> On 3/12/11 10:20 AM, Bob Rice, KG4RRN wrote:
>>>> # appears moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) 
>>>> Report: The 8.9-magnitude earthquake shifted the Earth on its axis 
>>>> by 4 inches
>>>> # The quake triggered more than 160 aftershocks in the first 24 hours
>>>> # Similar strength to the 2004 qiake and tsunami that killed over 
>>>> 200,000 people
>>>> *(CNN)* -- The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating 
>>>> tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 
>>>> feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.
>>>> "At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we 
>>>> have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in 
>>>> Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent 
>>>> with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, 
>>>> a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
>>>> Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology 
>>>> in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on 
>>>> its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).
>>>>
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