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Quake Moves Japan Closer to U.S.

Narrows gap by 13 feet.

The earthquake in Japan appears to have brought the country and the United States closer together, and not just metaphorically speaking: The area of the country hit by the quake jumped 13 feet closer to the U.S., says The New York Times. A coastal stretch of Japan also sunk two feet—which allowed the tsunami to travel further inland. NASA also says the quake shortened the day by a couple millionths of a second and tilted Earth’s axis.

Read it at The New York Times

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