《商业周刊》报道，NASA科学家称，2月27日智利发生的里氏8.8级地震移动了地轴，并使地球日的时间缩短。 　　NASA喷气推进实验室的地球物理学家Richard Gross称，地震让地轴移动了8厘米（2.7毫弧秒），使一天的时间缩短了1.26微秒。但由于幅度是如此之小，因此人很难察觉到。但地震造成的其它变化可能更为明显，比如岛屿移动。靠近智利第二大城市Concepcion的圣玛丽亚岛，在地震后升高了2米。Gross指出2004年发生的苏门答腊9.1级地震，让地轴移动了2.3毫弧秒，一天的时间缩短了6.8微秒。   From：science....

32Women cry next to a destroyed building in Talca, Chile on February 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero) # 33 Fishing boats washed up by a wave generated by an earthquake are seen in Talcahuano Port, a city just outside Concepcion, Chile on February 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Jose Luis Saavedra) # 34 Children walk past shipping containers washed up by a wave caused by an earthquake in Talcahuano Port, a city just outside Concepcion, Chile on February 27, 2010. (REUTE...

Cars lie overturned after the highway they were travelling on was destroyed in an earthquake in Santiago February 27, 2010. (REUTERS/Marco Fredes) 2 A resident of Talca, Chile, walks amid debris of a destroyed house after a powerful earthquake struck the country early Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia) # Warning: This image contains graphic or objectionable content click here to view it. 3 Residents look at the body of a dead man lying in a street o...