You don’t see earthquakes coming as you would with, say, a hurricane. But that may soon change with recent advancements to a “groundbreaking” early warning system developed, in part, by Google’s philanthropic arm.
The US Geological Survey is reporting that the coast of Japan has shifted 2.4m because of the earthquake in Japan. The Earth’s axis has reportedly been shifted 10 inches too. Other datapoints can be found here. [Vancouver Sun via @JPBarlow, @WillSmith]
According to official data from the US Geological Survey website, a strong earthquake struck Christchurch at 12:51pm local time and measured 6.3 on the official Richter scale.
