not just the news from Japan on the number of victims of the tsunami missing rising by the minute to alert the world: The earthquake of magnitude 8.9 that struck the Asian country has created the the shift of 10 cm of earth. And 'what emerges from an initial estimate of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). Very impressive, therefore, the impact of the earthquake that "it was several thousand times more violent than the Eagle of April 6, 2009," as revealed by an official of the INGV seismic room, Francesco Mele.
The change would be even higher than that generated by the quake of magnitude 9.1 occurred 26 December 2004 in Sumatra, Indonesia. In that case the change was "only" 6 inches. Only an earthquake in Chile in 1960 ( the most destructive quake in recent history ) caused more damage than geological. In any case, according to the Center of Space Geodesy Italian Space Agency (ASI) is essential to acquire several more readings before you have the exact measurement.
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