after the deadly indian ocean earthquake/tsunami, is it true that the axis shifted slightly? i hear that's why the seasons are a bit off (shifted as well)lately?
2006-08-15 16:05:30 · 7 answers · asked by daddygo 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Always possible, the explosion of that island a number of years back, can't remember the name of the volcano atm, something suitably South Pacific Islandish, threw the planet off its orbit by a couple of inches and actually made the sun set sooner or later, can't remember that either, than it normally would have, by a few milliseconds but still, that's pretty damn impressive.
2006-08-15 16:11:57 · answer #1 · answered by Archangel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earth is a VERY big place, and being solid and rather dense, it takes a great deal to shift it. The amount of water moving in a tsunami is so small when compared to the volume of the world, you'd not experience any shifting.
Any earthquake that leavs us all alive is too small to move anything as large as the earth. That's as much an urban legend as being able to get everyone to jump up and down at the same time to "shift orbit"
2006-08-15 16:15:02 · answer #2 · answered by cmriley1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that a movement of Earth's crust causes the axis to tilt. Something to be aware of causing that would be if a large asteroid or comet were to strike the Earth. A good reason why the seasons have been shifted has more to do with the effects of global warming due to the build up of atmospheric O3 (ozone) and smog. This is also why the hurricane seasons have been so intense.
2006-08-15 16:36:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not enought to make anything change. It's always going to shift, but not dramaticaly because of that. At the rate its going it will get worse and worse, but that's not why. One is just dumb luck that the season are how they are. And another is because of Global Heating. Omg, people say it doesn't exist, but watch An Unconvenent Truth, and you too will want to buy a Smart Car (google it if you dont know what they are, because they are going to save your kids lives), that or the cars they have powered by Sea Water.
A few inches, big deal, we travel that in like .000000005 secs. Nothing to even notice in real life.
2006-08-15 16:12:17 · answer #4 · answered by Matt T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the article below, because of the earthquake and tsunami, our days 2.68 microseconds shorter. That's 2.68 millionths of a second. I don't think anyone's going to notice.
2006-08-15 16:35:16 · answer #5 · answered by cool_breeze_2444 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, probably has more to do with the constant strain of chemicals we put into the air.
2006-08-18 01:56:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mr C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes thtas wat i heard
2006-08-15 16:10:34 · answer #7 · answered by mz.elena 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋