双语：日本地震使地球自转加快1.8微秒.docVIP

双语：日本地震使地球自转加快1.8微秒 　　The March 11 quake was the largest ever recorded in Japan and is the worlds fifth largest earthquake to strike since 1900, according to the USGS. 　　The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday March 11 has shortened the length of Earths day by a fraction and shifted how the planets mass is distributed. 　　A new analysis of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan has found that the intense temblorhas accelerated Earths spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds, according to geophysicist Richard Gross at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory