Pictured: A bridge that collapsed as result of the quake.By now almost everyone has heard about the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile, however I found some interesting and perhaps less known facts about the after effects about this major quake! In the six days since the disturbance the earthquake has created more than 180 aftershocks, including seven above magnitude 6.0. Also, this earthquake caused the earth's axis to tilt about 8 centimeters and as a result each day is 1.26 microseconds shorter than before the quake.
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